Name: Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. faecalis (Castellani and Chalmers 1919) Austin et al. 1981

Category: Subspecies

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

Basonym: Alcaligenes faecalis Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: fae.ca’lis. L. fem. n. faex (gen. faecis), dregs, faeces; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. faecalis, pertaining to faeces, fecal

Pronunciation, gender: fa͡e-KA-lis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 8750; CCUG 1814; CIP 55.84; CIP 60.80; DSM 30030; HAMBI 1907; IFO 13111; JCM 1474; JCM 20522; JCM 20663; LMG 1229; NBIMCC 153; NBRC 13111; NCAIM B.01104; NCIB 8156; NCIMB 8156; NCTC 11953; VKM B-1518

Valid publication: Austin B, Rodgers CJ, Forns JM, Colwell RR. Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. homari subsp. nov., a new group of bacteria isolated from moribund lobsters. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:72-76.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. faecalis" (Castellani and Chalmers 1919) Schroll et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. homari Austin et al. 1981 according to rule 40d. Publication: Austin B, Rodgers CJ, Forns JM, Colwell RR. Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. homari subsp. nov., a new group of bacteria isolated from moribund lobsters. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:72-76.
  • 😷 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 = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — 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 original authorship, Castellani and Chalmers 1919, 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: Alcaligenes faecalis Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Austin B, Rodgers CJ, Forns JM, Colwell RR. Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. homari subsp. nov., a new group of bacteria isolated from moribund lobsters. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:72-76.

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Record number: 773012