Name: Avibacterium paragallinarum (Biberstein and White 1969) Blackall et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Haemophilus paragallinarum Biberstein and White 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: L. gen. fem. pl. n. gallinarum, of hens; N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. paragallinarum, resembling Avibacterium (Pasteurella) gallinarum

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 29545; CCUG 12835; CIP 103453; DSM 18554; NCTC 11296

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M75057 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Blackall PJ, Christensen H, Beckenham T, Blackall LL, Bisgaard M. Reclassification of Pasteurella gallinarum, [Haemophilus] paragallinarum, Pasteurella avium and Pasteurella volantium as Avibacterium gallinarum gen. nov., comb. nov., Avibacterium paragallinarum comb. nov., Avibacterium avium comb. nov. and Avibacterium volantium comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:353-362.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Haemophilus paragallinarum Biberstein and White 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 = "serogroups A, B, C: 1 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. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 133 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Avibacterium Blackall et al. 2005

Assigned by: Blackall PJ, Christensen H, Beckenham T, Blackall LL, Bisgaard M. Reclassification of Pasteurella gallinarum, [Haemophilus] paragallinarum, Pasteurella avium and Pasteurella volantium as Avibacterium gallinarum gen. nov., comb. nov., Avibacterium paragallinarum comb. nov., Avibacterium avium comb. nov. and Avibacterium volantium comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:353-362.

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