Name: Actinobacillus equuli (van Straaten 1918) Haupt 1934 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus equuli" van Straaten 1918

Etymology: L. gen. n. equuli, of a foal, of a small young horse

Type strains: ATCC 19392; CCUG 2041; CIP 103284; DSM 19655; JCM 2432; LMG 3736; NCTC 8529

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF381186 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Haupt H. Zur Frage der Verwandschaft des Actinobacillus Lignieresii Brumpt 1910, des Bacillus equuli van Straaten 1918 und des Bacillus mallei Flügge 1886. Archiv für Wissenschaftliche und Praktische Tierheilkunde 1934; 67:513-524.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacillus equuli" van Straaten 1918	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Actinobacillus equuli subsp. haemolyticus Christensen et al. 2002	validly published	correct name
    Actinobacillus equuli subsp. equuli (van Straaten 1918) Christensen et al. 2002	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Actinobacillus Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Haupt H. Zur Frage der Verwandschaft des Actinobacillus Lignieresii Brumpt 1910, des Bacillus equuli van Straaten 1918 und des Bacillus mallei Flügge 1886. Archiv für Wissenschaftliche und Praktische Tierheilkunde 1934; 67:513-524.

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