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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Actinobacillus porcitonsillarum"

Name: "Actinobacillus porcitonsillarum" Gottschalk et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: por.ci.ton.sil.la’rum. L. gen. fem. pl. n. tonsillarum, of the tonsils; N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. porcitonsillarum

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ak-ti-no-ba-KIL-lus por-ki-ton-sil-LA-rum, masculine

Nomenclatural type: 99-536-55H-F

16S rRNA gene: AF486274 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Gottschalk M, Broes A, Mittal KR, Kobisch M, Kuhnert P, Lebrun A, Frey J. Non-pathogenic Actinobacillus isolates antigenically and biochemically similar to Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae: a novel species? Vet Microbiol 2003; 92:87-101. 🇨🇦

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Actinobacillus Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gottschalk M, Broes A, Mittal KR, Kobisch M, Kuhnert P, Lebrun A, Frey J. Non-pathogenic Actinobacillus isolates antigenically and biochemically similar to Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae: a novel species? Vet Microbiol 2003; 92:87-101. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 21203

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