Species "Bacterium monocytogenes"

Name: "Bacterium monocytogenes" Murray et al. 1926

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo.no.cy.to.ge.nes. Gr. suff. -genes, forming; N.L. part. adj. monocytogenes, monocyte-producing

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 15313; CCUG 15526; CIP 82.110; DSM 20600; NBIMCC 8669; NCTC 10357; SLCC 53

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16S rRNA gene: X56153 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Murray EGD, Webb AA, Swann MBR. A disease of rabbits characterized by a large mononuclear leucocytosis caused by a hitherto underscribed bacillus Bacterium monocytogenes n. sp. Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology 1926; 29:407-439.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Listeria monocytogenes (Murray et al. 1926) Pirie 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Listeria monocytogenes (Murray et al. 1926) Pirie 1940 (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 = 2, note = "default: 2 human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2; hominis: 2 human and 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 = 2, 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".

Parent taxon: "Bacterium" Ehrenberg 1831

Assigned by: Murray EGD, Webb AA, Swann MBR. A disease of rabbits characterized by a large mononuclear leucocytosis caused by a hitherto underscribed bacillus Bacterium monocytogenes n. sp. Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology 1926; 29:407-439.

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Record number: 4107

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