Species ***Yersinia* *similis***

Name: Yersinia similis Sprague et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: si’mi.lis. L. fem. adj. similis, similar, resembling, as the strains are similar to those of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: yer-SI-ni-a SI-mi-lis, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 52882; DSM 18211; LMG 23763; Y228

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ606915 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sprague LD, Scholz HC, Amann S, Busse HJ, Neubauer H. Yersinia similis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:952-958. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1513-1514.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.17411 (N = 2).
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — 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 6 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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: Yersinia van Loghem 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sprague LD, Scholz HC, Amann S, Busse HJ, Neubauer H. Yersinia similis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:952-958. 🇩🇪

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Species Yersinia similis

Species ***Yersinia* *similis***