Name: Actinobacillus Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ac.ti.no.ba.cil.lus. Gr. fem. n. aktis (gen. aktînos), a ray; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small staff or rod; N.L. masc. n. Actinobacillus, ray bacillus or rod

Gender: masculine (stem: Actinobacill-)

Type species: Actinobacillus lignieresii Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Brumpt E. Précis de Parasitologie. 1st ed. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1910.

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

• Notes:
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the tribe Pasteurelleae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to 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.
  • Winslow et al. (1920) assigned this genus to the family Actinomycetaceae Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Accinobacillus"; "Acdnabacillus"; "Acfinobacillus"; "Aciinobacillus"; "Acllnobacillus"; "Actfnobacillus"; "Actillobacillus"; "Actinabacillus"; "Actinbacillus"; "Actinnhricdlus"; "Actinobaccillus"; "Actinobaciflus"; "Actinobaciilus"; "Actinobacilfus"; "Actinobacillua"; "Actinobacilus"; "Actinobaclllus"; "Actinobadllus"; "Actinobaeillus"; "Actinobamllus"; "Actinobecillus"; "Actinobhcillus"; "Actinohacillus"; "Actinolmcillus"; "Actinonbacillus"; "Actiriobacillus"; "Actlnobacillus"; "Actnibacillus"; "Aczinobacillus"; "Aetinobacillus"; "Aktinobacillus"; "Antinobacillus"; "Artinobacillus".
  • 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 Christensen et al. (2002). 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: 23; DSM: 18; CIP: 17; ATCC: 14; NCTC: 14; CCM: 3; LMG: 2; JCM: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ATBC" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 18
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 20
Total number of child taxa: 21

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans (Klinger 1912) Topley and Wilson 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Actinobacillus anseriformium Bisgaard and Christensen 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinobacillus arthritidis Christensen et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinobacillus capsulatus Arseculeratne 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinobacillus delphinicola Foster et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinobacillus equuli (van Straaten 1918) Haupt 1934 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinobacillus hominis Friis-Møller 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinobacillus indolicus Møller et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinobacillus lignieresii Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinobacillus minor Møller et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinobacillus muris Bisgaard 1988	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (Shope 1964) Pohl et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinobacillus porcinus Møller et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Actinobacillus porcitonsillarum" Gottschalk et al. 2003	not validly published
    Actinobacillus rossii Sneath and Stevens 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinobacillus scotiae Foster et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinobacillus seminis (ex Baynes and Simmons 1960) Sneath and Stevens 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinobacillus succinogenes Guettler et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinobacillus suis van Dorssen and Jaartsveld 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinobacillus ureae (Jones 1962) Mutters et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Actinobacillus vicugnae Kirchner et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Pasteurellaceae Pohl 1981

Assigned by: 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.

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