Name: Actinobacillus suis van Dorssen and Jaartsveld 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: su’is. L. masc./fem. n. sus, the pig, swine; L. gen. masc./fem. n. suis, of the pig

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33415; CCM 5586; CCUG 11624; CIP 103354; DSM 22433; NCTC 12996

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF015299 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Van Dorssen CA, Jaartsveld FHJ. Actinobacillus suis (novo species) een bij het varken voorkomende bacterie. Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde 1962; 87:448-450.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09154 (N = 28).
  • 😷 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: 2". — 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, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 114 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Actinobacillus Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Van Dorssen CA, Jaartsveld FHJ. Actinobacillus suis (novo species) een bij het varken voorkomende bacterie. Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde 1962; 87:448-450.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/actinobacillus-suisCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 783289