Name: Pasteurella multocida (Lehmann and Neumann 1899) Rosenbusch and Merchant 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Bacterium multocidum" Lehmann and Neumann 1899
Etymology: mul.to.ci.da. L. masc. adj. multus, many; L. v. caedo, to cut or kill; N.L. masc. n. multocida, many killing, i.e., pathogenic for many species of animals (nominative in apposition)
Type strain: ATCC 43137; CCUG 17976 B; CCUG 43504; CIP 103286; DSM 16031; LMG 2851; NCTC 10322
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16S rRNA gene: AF294410 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Rosenbusch CT, Merchant IA. A Study of the Hemorrhagic Septicemia Pasteurellae. J Bacteriol 1939; 37:69-89.
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
Name | Kind |
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"Micrococcus gallicidus" Burrill 1883 | homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists |
"Bacterium multocidum" Lehmann and Neumann 1899 | homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists |
Pasteurella gallicida (Burrill 1883) Buchanan 1925 (Approved Lists 1980) | homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida (Lehmann and Neumann 1899) Mutters et al. 1985 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Pasteurella multocida subsp. tigris" Capitini et al. 2002 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Pasteurella multocida subsp. gallicida Mutters et al. 1985 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Pasteurella multocida subsp. septica Mutters et al. 1985 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Rosenbusch CT, Merchant IA. A Study of the Hemorrhagic Septicemia Pasteurellae. J Bacteriol 1939; 37:69-89.
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Record number: 779182