Name: Kingella kingae (Henriksen and Bøvre 1968) Henriksen and Bøvre 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Moraxella kingii" Henriksen and Bøvre 1968

Etymology: king’ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. kingae, of King, named after Elizabeth O. King, an American bacteriologist

Pronunciation, gender: KIN͡G-a͡e, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 23330; CCUG 352; CIP 80.16; DSM 7536; NCTC 10529

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M22517 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Henriksen SD, Bøvre K. Transfer of Moraxella kingae Henriksen and Bøvre to the genus Kingella gen. nov. in the family Neisseriaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:447-450.

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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Moraxella kingii" Henriksen and Bøvre 1968	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Kingella Henriksen and Bøvre 1976 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Henriksen SD, Bøvre K. Transfer of Moraxella kingae Henriksen and Bøvre to the genus Kingella gen. nov. in the family Neisseriaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:447-450.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - 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. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 597 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Kingella Henriksen and Bøvre 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Henriksen SD, Bøvre K. Transfer of Moraxella kingae Henriksen and Bøvre to the genus Kingella gen. nov. in the family Neisseriaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:447-450.

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Record number: 777108