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Genus Volucribacter
Name: Volucribacter Christensen et al. 2004
Etymology: Vo.lu.cri.bac’ter. L. gen. fem. n. volucris, bird; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Volucribacter, rod-shaped bacterium of birds
Gender: masculine (stem: Volucribacter-)
Type species: Volucribacter psittacicida Christensen et al. 2004
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Christensen H, Bisgaard M, Aalbaek B, Olsen JE. Reclassification of Bisgaard taxon 33, with proposal of Volucribacter psittacicida gen. nov., sp. nov. and Volucribacter amazonae sp. nov. as new members of the Pasteurellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:813-818. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; CCUG: 2.
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🧍 Volucribacter Christensen et al. 2004 was previously known as Bisgaard taxon 33.
Publication:
Bisgaard M. Isolation and characterization of some previously unreported taxa from poultry with phenotypical characters related to Actinobacillus-an Pasteurella species. Acta Pathol Microbiol Immunol Scand B 1982; 90:59-67.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Volucribacter amazonae Christensen et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name Volucribacter psittacicida Christensen et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Pasteurellaceae Pohl 1981
Assigned by:
Christensen H, Bisgaard M, Aalbaek B, Olsen JE. Reclassification of Bisgaard taxon 33, with proposal of Volucribacter psittacicida gen. nov., sp. nov. and Volucribacter amazonae sp. nov. as new members of the Pasteurellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:813-818.
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Record number: 516905
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