Name: Actinobacillus lignieresii Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lig.ni.eres’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. lignieresii, of Lignières, named for J. Lignières, one of the bacteriologists who first isolated this organism

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49236; CCUG 41384; CIP 53.130; DSM 22256; NCTC 4189

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M75068 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Actinobacillus Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Brumpt E. Précis de Parasitologie. 1st ed. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1910.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 61 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Actinobacillus Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

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

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Record number: 783282