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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.08184 (N = 7).
  • 😷 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. — 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 8 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 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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Record number: 784278