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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Hemophilus somnus"

Name: "Hemophilus somnus" Bailie 1969

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: he-MO-phi-lus SOM-nus, masculine

Original publication: Bailie WE. Characterization of Hemophilus somnus (new species), a microorganism isolated from infectious thrombo-embolic meningo-encephalomyelitis of cattle. Ph.D. Thesis. Kansas State University, Unknown City, 1969.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and no standing)

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

Assigned by: Bailie WE. Characterization of Hemophilus somnus (new species), a microorganism isolated from infectious thrombo-embolic meningo-encephalomyelitis of cattle. Ph.D. Thesis. Kansas State University, Unknown City, 1969.

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Record number: 11239

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