Name: Aggregatibacter Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ag.gre.ga.ti.bac.ter. L. inf. v. aggregare, to come together, aggregate; N.L. masc. n. bacter, bacterial rod; N.L. masc. n. Aggregatibacter, rod-shaped bacterium that aggregates with others

Gender: masculine (stem: Aggregatibacter-)

Type species: Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Klinger 1912) Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Norskov-Lauritsen N, Kilian M. Reclassification of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Haemophilus aphrophilus, Haemophilus paraphrophilus and Haemophilus segnis as Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans gen. nov., comb. nov., Aggregatibacter aphrophilus comb. nov. and Aggregatibacter segnis comb. nov., and emended description of Aggregatibacter aphrophilus to include V factor-dependent and V factor-independent isolates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2135-2146.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2725-2726.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Actinobacillus Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Topley WWC, Wilson GS. The principles of Bacteriology and Immunity, 1st ed. Edward Arnold and Co., London, 1929.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Haemophilus corrig. Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Potts TV, Zambon JJ, Genco RJ. Reassignment of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans to the genus Haemophilus as Haemophilus actinomycetemcomitans comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:337-341.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Bacterium" Ehrenberg 1831. Publication: Klinger R. Untersuchungen über menschliche Aktinomykose. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I 1912; 62:191-200.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Aggragatibacter"; "Agreggatibacter".
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.25068 (N = 1).
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 5; CIP: 3; DSM: 3; ATCC: 3; NCTC: 3.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (Klinger 1912) Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aggregatibacter aphrophilus (Khairat 1940) Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aggregatibacter kilianii Murra et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Aggregatibacter pneumotropica" Petriz et al. 2014	not validly published
    Aggregatibacter segnis (Kilian 1977) Nørskov-Lauritsen and Kilian 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Pasteurellaceae Pohl 1981

Assigned by: Norskov-Lauritsen N, Kilian M. Reclassification of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Haemophilus aphrophilus, Haemophilus paraphrophilus and Haemophilus segnis as Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans gen. nov., comb. nov., Aggregatibacter aphrophilus comb. nov. and Aggregatibacter segnis comb. nov., and emended description of Aggregatibacter aphrophilus to include V factor-dependent and V factor-independent isolates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2135-2146.

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