Name: Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis (McCoy and Chapin 1912) Olsufjev and Meshcheryakova 1983

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: "Bacterium tularense" McCoy and Chapin 1912

Etymology: tu.la.ren’sis. N.L. fem. adj. tularensis, pertaining to Tulare County, California, where the disease was first described in rodents

Pronunciation, gender: tu-la-REN-sis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 6223; B 38

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 3

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Francisella tularensis subsp. holarctica (ex Olsufjev et al. 1959) Olsufjev and Meshcheryakova 1983 according to rule 40d. Publication: Olsufjev NG, Meshcheryakova IS. Subspecific taxonomy of Francisella tularensis McCoy and Chapin 1912. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:872-874.
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Francisella tularensis subsp. mediasiatica (ex Aikimbaev 1966) Olsufjev and Meshcheryakova 1983 according to rule 40d. Publication: Olsufjev NG, Meshcheryakova IS. Subspecific taxonomy of Francisella tularensis McCoy and Chapin 1912. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:872-874.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "default: 3 Animal classification RG: 3 - Security sensitive biological agent: Yes - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No; NIH B-38: 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; SCHU S4 (clpB, wbtI, kdtA, wbtC, ggt, glpX, or IpcC deletion): 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; SCHU S4 (ggt and fupA deletion): 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No". — 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 = 3, note = "Z". — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 The type strain of Francisella tularensis (McCoy and Chapin 1912) Dorofe'ev 1947 is the strain ATCC 6223 = B-38, but this strain is completely avirulent. Hence, strain ATCC 6223 has lost one of the most important properties of the species, and so Olsufjev and Meshcheryakova 1983 propose a neotype strain for the subspecies Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis (McCoy and Chapin 1912) Dorofe'ev 1947: the strain Schu, deposited in the live culture museum of the Tularemia Laboratory (GIEM). This proposal is in violation of Rule 18g. Only the Judicial Commission may decide to take action leading to replacement of the type strain ATCC 6223 = B-38 (Rule 18g). Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.
  • 🧍 The type strain of Francisella tularensis (McCoy and Chapin 1912) Dorofe'ev 1947 is the strain ATCC 6223 = B-38, but this strain is completely avirulent. Hence, strain ATCC 6223 has lost one of the most important properties of the species, and so Olsufjev and Meshcheryakova 1983 propose a neotype strain for the subspecies Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis (McCoy and Chapin 1912) Olsufjev and Meshcheryakova 1983: the strain Schu, deposited in the live culture museum of the Tularemia Laboratory (GIEM). This proposal is in violation of Rule 18g. Only the Judicial Commission may decide to take action leading to replacement of the type strain ATCC 6223 = B-38 (Rule 18g). Publication: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, (McCoy and Chapin 1912) Dorofe'ev 1947, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Garrity GM, Labeda DP, Oren A. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2775-2780.

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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