Name: Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Bercovier et al. 1981

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacterium pestis" Lehmann and Neumann 1896

Etymology: pes’tis. L. fem. n. pestis (gen. pestis), an infectious or contagious disease, plague; L. gen. fem. n. pestis, of plague

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … PES-tis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 19428; CIP 80.26; NCTC 5923

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF366383 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bercovier H, Mollaret HH, Alonso JM, Brault J, Fanning GR, Steigerwalt AG, Brenner DJ. Intra- and interspecies relatedness of Yersinia pestis by DNA hybridization and its relationship to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Curr. Microbiol. 1980; 4:225-229.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 7. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:382-383.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, rejected name

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Yersinia pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) van Loghem 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 3

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Yersinia pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) van Loghem 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, conserved name, distinct rank
    "Bacterium pestis" Lehmann and Neumann 1896	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 3". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - 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 = 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 a synonym of the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 Rejected name (Opinion 60. IJSB 35:540); nomen periculosum. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 60. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:540.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Wayne LG. Actions of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology on requests for opinions published in 1983 and 1984. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:357-358.
  • 🧍 The name Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Bercovier et al. 1981 is placed on the list of nomina rejicienda because the use of the name could have serious consequences for human welfare and health (nomen periculosum). Publication: Williams JE. Proposal to reject the new combination Yersinia pseudotuberculosis subsp. pestis for violation of the first principle of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria. Request for an opinion. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:268-269.

Parent taxon: Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (Pfeiffer 1889) Smith and Thal 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bercovier H, Mollaret HH, Alonso JM, Brault J, Fanning GR, Steigerwalt AG, Brenner DJ. Intra- and interspecies relatedness of Yersinia pestis by DNA hybridization and its relationship to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Curr. Microbiol. 1980; 4:225-229.

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