Name: Moraxella anatipestifera corrig. (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.fe.ra. L. fem. adj. pestifera; N.L. fem. adj. anatipestifera

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 11845; CCUG 14215; CCUG 21370; CIP 82.28; DSM 15868; JCM 9532; LMG 11054; LMG 11606; MCCM 568; NCTC 11014

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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: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Riemerella anatipestifera corrig. (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Segers et al. 1993

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • Moraxella anatipestifera is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Moraxella.
  • Spelling correction conducted by LPSN on 2022-08-09.

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: 29630