Name: Moraxella boevrei Kodjo et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: boev’re.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. boevrei, of Bovre, in honor of Kjell Bovre, a Norwegian microbiologist, in recognition of his many contributions to the field of Moraxella and Neisseria identification and taxonomy

Pronunciation, gender: BO͡EW-re-i, feminine

Type strain: 88365; ATCC 700022; CCUG 35435; CIP 104716; DSM 14165; NCTC 12925

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ156147 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kodjo A, Richard Y, Tonjum T. Moraxella boevrei sp. nov., a new Moraxella species found in goats. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:115-121.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:603.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Faucicola boevrei (Kodjo et al. 1997) Sbissi et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.14398 (N = 10).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2 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.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Moraxella Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kodjo A, Richard Y, Tonjum T. Moraxella boevrei sp. nov., a new Moraxella species found in goats. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:115-121.

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Record number: 778308