Name: Alitibacter langaaensis (Mutters et al. 1985) Bisgaard and Christensen 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pasteurella langaaensis corrig. Mutters et al. 1985

Etymology: lan.gaa.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. langaaensis, pertaining to the village of Langaa in Denmark [probably better: langaensis]

Pronunciation, gender: lan-gaa-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43328; CCUG 15566; CIP 102678; DSM 22999; F73; NCTC 11411

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M75053 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bisgaard M, Christensen H. Reclassification of [Pasteurella] langaaensis as Alitibacter langaaensis gen. nov., comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6893.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pasteurella langaaensis corrig. Mutters et al. 1985	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pasteurella langaa Mutters et al. 1985	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Alitibacter Bisgaard and Christensen 2025. Publication: Bisgaard M, Christensen H. Reclassification of [Pasteurella] langaaensis as Alitibacter langaaensis gen. nov., comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-08-05.
  • 🫡 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 genus. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Pasteurella langaaensis corrig. Mutters et al. 1985. Publication: Mutters R, Ihm P, Pohl S, Frederiksen W, Mannheim W. Reclassification of the genus Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 on the basis of deoxyribonucleic acid homology, with proposals for the new species Pasteurella dagmatis, Pasteurella canis, Pasteurella stomatis, Pasteurella anatis, and Pasteurella langaa. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:309-322.

Parent taxon: Alitibacter Bisgaard and Christensen 2025

Assigned by: Bisgaard M, Christensen H. Reclassification of [Pasteurella] langaaensis as Alitibacter langaaensis gen. nov., comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0.

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