Name: Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. palearctica Neubauer et al. 2000

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: pa.le.arc.ti.ca. N.L. fem. adj. palearctica, palaearctic (the bacterium is resident in Northern Europa and Northern parts of Asia major); from Gr. masc. adj. palaios, ancient; from L. adj. arcticus -a -um, northern, arctic

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 106945; DSM 13030; NBIMCC 9008; NCTC 13769; Y11

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ717344 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Neubauer H, Aleksic S, Hensel A, Finke EJ, Meyer H. Yersinia enterocolitica 16S rRNA gene types belong to the same genospecies but form three homology groups. Int J Med Microbiol 2000; 290:61-64.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 75. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1415-1417.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z".

Parent taxon: Yersinia enterocolitica (Schleifstein and Coleman 1939) Frederiksen 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Neubauer H, Aleksic S, Hensel A, Finke EJ, Meyer H. Yersinia enterocolitica 16S rRNA gene types belong to the same genospecies but form three homology groups. Int J Med Microbiol 2000; 290:61-64.

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Record number: 783200