Name: Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. animalis Gharbia and Shah 1992

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: a.ni.ma’lis. L. neut. n. animal (gen. animalis), an animal; L. gen. n. animalis, of an animal (also as adjective)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51191; CCUG 32879; CIP 104879; DSM 19679; DSM 8253; JCM 11025; NCTC 12276

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB639143 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gharbia SE, Shah HN. Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. fusiforme subsp. nov. and Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. animalis subsp. nov. as additional subspecies within Fusobacterium nucleatum. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:296-298.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 42. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:511.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Fusobacterium animalis (Gharbia and Shah 1992) Kook et al. 2022

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Fusobacterium animalis (Gharbia and Shah 1992) Kook et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. animalis is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Fusobacterium nucleatum within a separate genus Fusobacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.

Parent taxon: Fusobacterium nucleatum Knorr 1922 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gharbia SE, Shah HN. Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. fusiforme subsp. nov. and Fusobacterium nucleatum subsp. animalis subsp. nov. as additional subspecies within Fusobacterium nucleatum. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:296-298.

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