Name: Actinobacillus minor Møller et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi’nor. L. comp. masc./fem. adj. minor, less, smaller, referring to the name of this taxon used previously [15]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 38923; CIP 105314; NM305

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U65582 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Moller K, Fussing V, Grimont PA, Paster BJ, Dewhirst FE, Kilian M. Actinobacillus minor sp. nov., Actinobacillus porcinus sp. nov., and Actinobacillus indolicus sp. nov., three new V factor-dependent species from the respiratory tract of pigs. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:951-956.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02357 (N = 28).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 20 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Actinobacillus minor Møller et al. 1996 was previously known as Haemophilus sp. minor group. Publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Preliminary Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1917; 2:505-566.

Parent taxon: Actinobacillus Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Moller K, Fussing V, Grimont PA, Paster BJ, Dewhirst FE, Kilian M. Actinobacillus minor sp. nov., Actinobacillus porcinus sp. nov., and Actinobacillus indolicus sp. nov., three new V factor-dependent species from the respiratory tract of pigs. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:951-956.

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