Name: Glaesserella parasuis (Biberstein and White 1969) Dickerman et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

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

Etymology: pa.ra.su’is. Gr. prep. para, beside, alongside or near, resembling; L. gen. masc./fem. n. suis, of a pig, and also a specific epithet; N.L. gen. masc./fem. n. parasuis, resembling (Haemophilus) suis

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 1374; ATCC 19417; CCUG 3712; CIP 100918; CIP 58.8; DSM 21448; NCTC 4557; Shope 1374

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16S rRNA gene: M75065 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dickerman A, Bandara AB, Inzana TJ. Phylogenomic analysis of Haemophilus parasuis and proposed reclassification to Glaesserella parasuis, gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:180-186.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Glaesserella Dickerman et al. 2020. Publication: Dickerman A, Bandara AB, Inzana TJ. Phylogenomic analysis of Haemophilus parasuis and proposed reclassification to Glaesserella parasuis, gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:180-186.
  • 😷 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". — 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 181 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 Haemophilus parasuis Biberstein and White 1969 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Biberstein EL, White DC. A proposal for the establishment of two new Haemophilus species. J Med Microbiol 1969; 2:75-78. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Parent taxon: Glaesserella Dickerman et al. 2020

Assigned by: Dickerman A, Bandara AB, Inzana TJ. Phylogenomic analysis of Haemophilus parasuis and proposed reclassification to Glaesserella parasuis, gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:180-186.

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Record number: 5972