Name: Mannheimia pernigra Kuhnert et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: per.ni’gra. N.L. fem. adj. pernigra, meaning ‘all black’in reference to Pat Blackall, an Australian bacteriologist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … per-NI-gra, feminine

Type strain: 17CN0883; CCUG 74657; DSM 111153

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT596512 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kuhnert P, Brodard I, Schonecker L, Akarsu H, Christensen H, Bisgaard M. Mannheimia pernigra sp. nov., isolated from bovine respiratory tract. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4643. 🇨🇭

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mannheimia ovis Li et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Bisgaard and Christensen (2023), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Mannheimia ovis Li et al. 2021. Publication: Bisgaard M, Christensen H. Mannheimia cairinae sp. nov., a novel species of Mannheimia obtained from Muscovy ducks (Cairina moschata) and reclassification of Mannheimia ovis as heterotypic synonym of Mannheimia pernigra. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5947. 🇩🇰
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6009.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Mannheimia Angen et al. 1999

Assigned by: Kuhnert P, Brodard I, Schonecker L, Akarsu H, Christensen H, Bisgaard M. Mannheimia pernigra sp. nov., isolated from bovine respiratory tract. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4643. 🇨🇭

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Record number: 17667