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Species Helicobacter hepaticus

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Pseudomonadota Epsilonproteobacteria Campylobacterales Helicobacteraceae Helicobacter Helicobacter hepaticus

Name: Helicobacter hepaticus Fox et al. 1994

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: he.pa’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. hepaticus, belonging to the liver

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: he-li-ko-BAK-ter he-PA-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51448; CCUG 33637; CIP 104100; DSM 22909; Hh-2; LMG 16316

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16S rRNA gene: AF302103 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Fox JG, Dewhirst FE, Tully JG, Paster BJ, Yan L, Taylor NS, Collins MJJ, Gorelick PL, Ward JM. Helicobacter hepaticus sp. nov., a microaerophilic bacterium isolated from livers and intestinal mucosal scrapings from mice. J Clin Microbiol 1994; 32:1238-1245. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 50. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:595.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

  • Notes:
    • 😷 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 = 1, 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 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — 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 395 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.
    • 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
    • 🧍 "Helicobacter ulmiensis" had been designated in GenBank (AJ007931) but subsequent investigations had confirmed the strain to be an incorrectly classified Helicobacter hepaticus isolate. Publication: On SLW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Campylobacter and related bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, 7 and 10 September 2003, Aarhus, Denmark. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2009; 59:195-196. 🇳🇿

Parent taxon: Helicobacter Goodwin et al. 1989

Assigned by: Fox JG, Dewhirst FE, Tully JG, Paster BJ, Yan L, Taylor NS, Collins MJJ, Gorelick PL, Ward JM. Helicobacter hepaticus sp. nov., a microaerophilic bacterium isolated from livers and intestinal mucosal scrapings from mice. J Clin Microbiol 1994; 32:1238-1245. 🇺🇸

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