Species Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae

Name: Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae corrig. Shope 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: pleu.ro.pneu.mo.ni’ae. Gr. fem. n. pleura, rib, side; Gr. fem. n. pneumonia, disease of the lungs; N.L. gen. fem. n. pleuropneumoniae, of pleuropneumonia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ha͡e-MO-p^hi-lus ple͡u-ro-pne͡u-mo-NI-a͡e, masculine

Type strain: 4074; ATCC 27088; CCM 5869; CCUG 12837; CCUG 41656; CCUG 43096; CIP 100916; DSM 13472; HK 405; NCTC 12370; Shope 4074

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D30030 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Shope RE. PORCINE CONTAGIOUS PLEUROPNEUMONIA. I. EXPERIMENTAL TRANSMISSION, ETIOLOGY, AND PATHOLOGY. J Exp Med 1964; 119:357-368.

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 (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (Shope 1964) Pohl et al. 1983

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (Shope 1964) Pohl et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Hemophilus pleuropneumoniae Shope 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • ❗ Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae is the correct name instead 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 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 = "Shope 1964: 1 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 191 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, this nomenclatural name is incorrectly cited as Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae (Matthews and Pattison 1961) (sic) Shope 1964 [1]. Publication: Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511. 🇬🇧
  • 🧍 This corrigendum has been omitted from the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition) [2]. Publication: Euzéby JP. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and to the amended edition of the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:1271-1272.

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

Assigned by: Shope RE. PORCINE CONTAGIOUS PLEUROPNEUMONIA. I. EXPERIMENTAL TRANSMISSION, ETIOLOGY, AND PATHOLOGY. J Exp Med 1964; 119:357-368.

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