Name: Moraxella atlantae Bøvre et al. 1976 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. gen. fem. n. atlantae, of Atlanta, the American city where strains of the species were first recognized as a distinct group by Elizabeth O. King

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 5118; ATCC 29525; CCUG 6415; CCUG 6415 A; CIP 82.25; DSM 6999; IFO 14588; LMG 5133; NBRC 14588; NCTC 11091

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM161851 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bøvre K, Fuglesang JE, Hagen N, Jantzen E, Frøholm LO. Moraxella atlantae sp. nov. and its distinction from Moraxella phenylpyruvica. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:511-521.

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.01990 (N = 6).
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from the type species, and should be reclassified as Enhydrobacter". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Moraxella Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bøvre K, Fuglesang JE, Hagen N, Jantzen E, Frøholm LO. Moraxella atlantae sp. nov. and its distinction from Moraxella phenylpyruvica. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:511-521.

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