Name: Moraxella anatipestifer (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Bruner and Fabricant 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Pfeifferella anatipestifer" Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932

Etymology: a.na.ti.pes.ti.fer. L. fem. n. anas (gen. anatis), duck; L. masc. adj. pestifer, that brings destruction, noxious, pernicious (sic); N.L. masc. adj. anatipestifer, one who brings destruction of ducks

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 11845; CCUG 14215; CCUG 21370; CIP 82.28; JCM 9532; LMG 11054; LMG 11606; MCCM 568; NCTC 11014

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MH789421 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bruner DW, Fabricant J. A strain of Moraxella anatipestifer (Pfeifferella anatipestifer) isolated from ducks. Cornell Vet 1954; 44:461-464.

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 (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Moraxella anatipestifera corrig. (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Bruner and Fabricant 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Moraxella anatipestifera corrig. (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Bruner and Fabricant 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
    Riemerella anatipestifera corrig. (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Segers et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Riemerella anatipestifer (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Segers et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Pfeifferella anatipestifer" Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 = 2, note = "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 2023-10-29. 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 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🙅 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.

Parent taxon: Moraxella Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bruner DW, Fabricant J. A strain of Moraxella anatipestifer (Pfeifferella anatipestifer) isolated from ducks. Cornell Vet 1954; 44:461-464.

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Record number: 778307