Name: Riemerella columbipharyngis Rubbenstroth et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: co.lum.bi.pha.ryn.gis. L. masc. n. columbus (gen. columbi), a pigeon; Gr. masc./fem. n. pharynx, throat; from Gr. masc./fem. n. pharynx (gen. pharyngos), throat; N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. columbipharyngis, of the throat of a pigeon

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 8151; DSM 24015; LMG 26094

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ286278 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rubbenstroth D, Ryll M, Hotzel H, Christensen H, Knobloch JK, Rautenschlein S, Bisgaard M. Description of Riemerella columbipharyngis sp. nov., isolated from the pharynx of healthy domestic pigeons (Columba livia f. domestica), and emended descriptions of the genus Riemerella, Riemerella anatipestifer and Riemerella columbina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:280-287.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1211-1213.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Riemerella Segers et al. 1993

Assigned by: Rubbenstroth D, Ryll M, Hotzel H, Christensen H, Knobloch JK, Rautenschlein S, Bisgaard M. Description of Riemerella columbipharyngis sp. nov., isolated from the pharynx of healthy domestic pigeons (Columba livia f. domestica), and emended descriptions of the genus Riemerella, Riemerella anatipestifer and Riemerella columbina. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:280-287.

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Record number: 790371