Name: Bibersteinia trehalosi (Sneath and Stevens 1990) Blackall et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pasteurella trehalosi Sneath and Stevens 1990

Etymology: tre.ha.lo’si. Chem. neut. n. trehalose; N.L. gen. neut. n. trehalosi, of trehalose, pertaining to trehalose

Gender: feminine

Type strain: A92; ATCC 29703; CCUG 27190; CIP 103829; DSM 23101; NCTC 10370; S110; serovar 3/T15

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY362927 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Blackall PJ, Bojesen AM, Christensen H, Bisgaard M. Reclassification of [Pasteurella] trehalosi as Bibersteinia trehalosi gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:666-674.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1374-1375.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pasteurella trehalosi Sneath and Stevens 1990	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Bibersteinia Blackall et al. 2007. Publication: Blackall PJ, Bojesen AM, Christensen H, Bisgaard M. Reclassification of [Pasteurella] trehalosi as Bibersteinia trehalosi gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:666-674.
  • 😷 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 = "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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 67 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🫡 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 species itself. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Pasteurella trehalosi Sneath and Stevens 1990. Publication: Sneath PH, Stevens M. Actinobacillus rossii sp. nov., Actinobacillus seminis sp. nov., nom. rev., Pasteurella bettii sp. nov., Pasteurella lymphangitidis sp. nov., Pasteurella mairi sp. nov., and Pasteurella trehalosi sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:148-153.

Parent taxon: Bibersteinia Blackall et al. 2007

Assigned by: Blackall PJ, Bojesen AM, Christensen H, Bisgaard M. Reclassification of [Pasteurella] trehalosi as Bibersteinia trehalosi gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:666-674.

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Record number: 786124