Name: Yersinia wautersii Savin et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wau.ter’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. wautersii, named in honor of Professor George Wauters, Belgian yersiniologist to whom we owe in depth characterization of the genus Yersinia, including the biotyping scheme of Y. enterocolitica

Pronunciation, gender: wa͡u-TER-si-i, feminine

Type strain: 12-219N1; CIP 110607; DSM 27350

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: HG326166 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Savin C, Martin L, Bouchier C, Filali S, Chenau J, Zhou Z, Becher F, Fukushima H, Thomson NR, Scholz HC, et al. The Yersinia pseudotuberculosis complex: characterization and delineation of a new species, Yersinia wautersii. Int J Med Microbiol 2014; 304:452-463.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 158. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2184-2187.

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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (Pfeiffer 1889) Smith and Thal 1965 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Smith JE, Thal E. A TAXONOMIC STUDY OF THE GENUS PASTEURELLA USING A NUMERICAL TECHNIQUE. Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand 1965; 64:213-223. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
  • 🫡 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. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (Pfeiffer 1889) Smith and Thal 1965 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Smith JE, Thal E. A TAXONOMIC STUDY OF THE GENUS PASTEURELLA USING A NUMERICAL TECHNIQUE. Acta Pathol Microbiol Scand 1965; 64:213-223. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Parent taxon: Yersinia van Loghem 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Savin C, Martin L, Bouchier C, Filali S, Chenau J, Zhou Z, Becher F, Fukushima H, Thomson NR, Scholz HC, et al. The Yersinia pseudotuberculosis complex: characterization and delineation of a new species, Yersinia wautersii. Int J Med Microbiol 2014; 304:452-463.

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Record number: 791948