Name: Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica (ex Olsufjev et al. 1959) Olsufjev and Meshcheryakova 1983

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: hol.arc.ti.ca. Gr. masc. adj. holos, whole, entire; L. fem. adj. arctica, northern, arctic; N.L. fem. adj. holarctica, generally distributed in the arctic regions

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 257; GIEM 503

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Valid publication: Olsufjev NG, Meshcheryakova IS. Subspecific taxonomy of Francisella tularensis McCoy and Chapin 1912. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:872-874.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 3

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 3 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 3". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "orphan species with designated type strains that were either not deposited in culture collections or whose type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.
  • 🧍 The type strain is not available in any known culture collection. — Yarza P. Personal communication, 2012-03-04.

Parent taxon: Francisella tularensis (McCoy and Chapin 1912) Dorofeev 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Olsufjev NG, Meshcheryakova IS. Subspecific taxonomy of Francisella tularensis McCoy and Chapin 1912. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:872-874.

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Record number: 783872