Name: Hemophilus aegyptius (Trevisan 1889) Pittman and Davis 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus aegyptius" Trevisan 1889

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 11116; CCUG 25716; CIP 52.129; DSM 21187; NCTC 8502

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M75044 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pittman M, Davis DJ. Identification of the Koch-Weeks bacillus (Hemophilus aegyptius). J Bacteriol 1950; 59:413-426.

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

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling

Correct name: Haemophilus aegyptius corrig. (Trevisan 1889) Pittman and Davis 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacillus aegyptius" Trevisan 1889	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Haemophilus aegyptius corrig. (Trevisan 1889) Pittman and Davis 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no assigned risk group, but is the original uncorrected spelling of Haemophilus aegyptius corrig. (Trevisan 1889) Pittman and Davis 1950 (Approved Lists 1980), which has a risk group (Canada) above 1. These are therefore two spellings of the same name that should be treated identically for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no assigned risk group, but is the original uncorrected spelling of Haemophilus aegyptius corrig. (Trevisan 1889) Pittman and Davis 1950 (Approved Lists 1980), which has a risk group (Swiss Confederation) above 1. These are therefore two spellings of the same name that should be treated identically for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no assigned risk group, but is the original uncorrected spelling of Haemophilus aegyptius corrig. (Trevisan 1889) Pittman and Davis 1950 (Approved Lists 1980), which has a risk group (Germany) above 1. These are therefore two spellings of the same name that should be treated identically for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 14 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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

Assigned by: Pittman M, Davis DJ. Identification of the Koch-Weeks bacillus (Hemophilus aegyptius). J Bacteriol 1950; 59:413-426.

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Record number: 11547