Name: Renibacterium salmoninarum Sanders and Fryer 1980

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sal.mo.ni.na.rum. N.L. fem. pl. n. Salmoninae, subfamily of the Salmonidae; N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. salmoninarum, of the Salmoninae

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33209; CIP 103036; DSM 20767; IFO 15589; JCM 11484; Lea-1-74; LMG 10846; NBRC 15589

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16S rRNA gene: AF180950 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sanders JE, Fryer JL. Renibacterium salmoninarum gen. nov., sp. nov., the causative agent of bacterial kidney disease in salmonid fishes. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:496-502.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Renibacterium Sanders and Fryer 1980. Publication: Sanders JE, Fryer JL. Renibacterium salmoninarum gen. nov., sp. nov., the causative agent of bacterial kidney disease in salmonid fishes. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:496-502.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "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 = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1 - Considerations for containment: This biological agent is an aquatic animal pathogen and, as such, the importation and use of this pathogen are regulated by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Please contact the CFIA at cfia.biocontainment-bioconfinement.acia@canada.ca to obtain additional information.". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t2". — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 206 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Renibacterium Sanders and Fryer 1980

Assigned by: Sanders JE, Fryer JL. Renibacterium salmoninarum gen. nov., sp. nov., the causative agent of bacterial kidney disease in salmonid fishes. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:496-502.

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Record number: 780343