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Genus Alitibacter
Name: Alitibacter Bisgaard and Christensen 2025
Etymology: A.li.ti.bac’ter. L. masc./fem. n. ales, a bird; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Alitibacter, a rod isolated from birds
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Alitibacter-), a-li-ti-BAK-ter
Type species: Alitibacter langaaensis (Mutters et al. 1985) Bisgaard and Christensen 2025
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Bisgaard M, Christensen H. Reclassification of [Pasteurella] langaaensis as Alitibacter langaaensis gen. nov., comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0. 
IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6893.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Mutters R, Ihm P, Pohl S, Frederiksen W, Mannheim W. Reclassification of the genus Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 on the basis of deoxyribonucleic acid homology, with proposals for the new species Pasteurella dagmatis, Pasteurella canis, Pasteurella stomatis, Pasteurella anatis, and Pasteurella langaa. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:309-322.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 1; CIP: 1; ATCC: 1; NCTC: 1; DSM: 1.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Mutters R, Ihm P, Pohl S, Frederiksen W, Mannheim W. Reclassification of the genus Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 on the basis of deoxyribonucleic acid homology, with proposals for the new species Pasteurella dagmatis, Pasteurella canis, Pasteurella stomatis, Pasteurella anatis, and Pasteurella langaa. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:309-322.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Alitibacter langaaensis (Mutters et al. 1985) Bisgaard and Christensen 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Pasteurellaceae Pohl 1981
Assigned by:
Bisgaard M, Christensen H. Reclassification of [Pasteurella] langaaensis as Alitibacter langaaensis gen. nov., comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0.
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Record number: 66800
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