Name: Gallibacterium melopsittaci Bisgaard et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.lo.psit.ta’ci. N.L. gen. masc. n. melopsittaci, of Melopsittacus, a zoological name for a genus of parakeet, from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCM 7538; CCUG 36331; F450

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16S rRNA gene: EU423985 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bisgaard M, Korczak BM, Busse HJ, Kuhnert P, Bojesen AM, Christensen H. Classification of the taxon 2 and taxon 3 complex of Bisgaard within Gallibacterium and description of Gallibacterium melopsittaci sp. nov., Gallibacterium trehalosifermentans sp. nov. and Gallibacterium salpingitidis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:735-744.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1557-1558.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Gallibacterium melopsittaci Bisgaard et al. 2009 (strain F450) was previously known as taxon 3 of Bisgaard. Publication: Bisgaard M. Isolation and characterization of some previously unreported taxa from poultry with phenotypical characters related to Actinobacillus-an Pasteurella species. Acta Pathol Microbiol Immunol Scand B 1982; 90:59-67.

Parent taxon: Gallibacterium Christensen et al. 2003

Assigned by: Bisgaard M, Korczak BM, Busse HJ, Kuhnert P, Bojesen AM, Christensen H. Classification of the taxon 2 and taxon 3 complex of Bisgaard within Gallibacterium and description of Gallibacterium melopsittaci sp. nov., Gallibacterium trehalosifermentans sp. nov. and Gallibacterium salpingitidis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:735-744.

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