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

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: Gr. pref. para-, beside, alongside of, near, like; L. gen. fem. pl. n. gallinarum, a bacterial specific epithet; N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. paragallinarum, resembling Avibacterium (Pasteurella) gallinarum

Gender: masculine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M75057 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Biberstein EL, White DC. A proposal for the establishment of two new Haemophilus species. J Med Microbiol 1969; 2:75-78.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Avibacterium paragallinarum (Biberstein and White 1969) Blackall et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Haemophilus paragallinarum is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Haemophilus.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".

Parent taxon: Haemophilus corrig. Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Biberstein EL, White DC. A proposal for the establishment of two new Haemophilus species. J Med Microbiol 1969; 2:75-78.

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Record number: 783941