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Species Haemophilus parahaemolyticus

Name: Haemophilus parahaemolyticus Pittman 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hae.mo.ly’ti.cus Gr. pref. para-, beside, alongside of, near, like; N.L. masc. adj. haemolyticus, specific epithet; N.L. masc. adj. parahaemolyticus, resembling (Haemophilus) haemolyticus

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 10014; CCUG 3716; CIP 56.86; DSM 21417; NCTC 8479

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16S rRNA gene: AJ295746 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Pittman M. A classification of the hemolytic bacteria of the genus Haemophilus: Haemophilus haemolyticus Bergey et al. and Haemophilus parahaemolyticus nov spec. J Bacteriol 1953; 65:750-751.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

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

Assigned by: Pittman M. A classification of the hemolytic bacteria of the genus Haemophilus: Haemophilus haemolyticus Bergey et al. and Haemophilus parahaemolyticus nov spec. J Bacteriol 1953; 65:750-751.

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