Name: Pasteurellaceae Pohl 1981

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. dim. n. Pasteurella, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Pasteurellaceae, the Pasteurella family

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)

Effective publication: Pohl S. Reklassifizierung der Gattung Actinobacillus Brumpt 1910, Haemophilus Winslow et al. 1971 und Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 anhand phanotypischer und molekularer Daten, insbesondere der DNS-Verwandtschaften bei DNS:DNS-Hybridisierung in vitro und Vorschlag einer neuen Familie, Pasteurellaceae. Inaug.-Diss. Phillips-Universität Marburg/Lahn. Mauersberger, Marburg, 1979.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 7. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:382-383.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family "Ristellaceae" Prevot 1938. Publication: Prévot AR. Manuel de Classification et de Détermination des Bactéries Anaérobies, 1st ed. Masson, Paris, 1940.
  • The type genus of this family has alternatively been placed in the family Brucellaceae Breed et al. 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Paateurellaceae"; "Pastellrellaceae"; "Pasteltrellaceae"; "Pasteruellaceae"; "Pasteureffaceae"; "Pateurellaceae"; "Pusreurellaceae".
  • Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2007. Publication: Christensen H, Kuhnert P, Busse HJ, Frederiksen WC, Bisgaard M. Proposed minimal standards for the description of genera, species and subspecies of the Pasteurellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:166-178.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Kuhnert P, Christensen H. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Pasteurellaceae Minutes of the Meetings, 9 October 2018, Prato, Italy. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:871-872.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Christensen H, Kuhnert P. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Pasteurellaceae: minutes of the meetings, 25 August 2011, Elsinore, Denmark. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:257-258.
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Hansen et al. (2016), Kuhnert et al. (2010), Bisgaard and Christensen (2021), Blackall et al. (2007), Christensen et al. (2004). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 158; DSM: 129; CIP: 94; ATCC: 91; NCTC: 83; LMG: 13; CCM: 10; JCM: 7; CECT: 4; KCTC: 4.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 33
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 33
Total number of child taxa: 35

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Actinobacillus Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aggregatibacter Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Avibacterium Blackall et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Basfia Kuhnert et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bibersteinia Blackall et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Bisgaardia Foster et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Canicola Christensen et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Caviibacterium Adhikary et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chelonobacter Gregersen et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    [Coccobacillus]	preliminary entry that lacks crucial information
    Conservatibacter Adhikary et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cricetibacter Christensen et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Frederiksenia Korczak et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gallibacterium Christensen et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Glaesserella Dickerman et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haemophilus corrig. Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hemophilus Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Histophilus Angen et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lonepinella Osawa et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mannheimia Angen et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mergibacter De Luca et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mesocricetibacter Christensen et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Muribacter Nicklas et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Necropsobacter Christensen et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nicoletella Kuhnert et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Otariodibacter Hansen et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, conserved name	correct name
    Phocoenobacter Foster et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rodentibacter Adhikary et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Seminibacterium Vela et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Spirabiliibacterium Bisgaard and Christensen 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Testudinibacter Hansen et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ursidibacter Hansen et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Vespertiliibacter Mühldorfer et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Volucribacter Christensen et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Pasteurellales Garrity et al. 2005

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order XIV. Pasteurellales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 850.

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