Name: Moraxella bovis (Hauduroy et al. 1937) Murray 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Haemophilus bovis" Hauduroy et al. 1937

Etymology: bo’vis. L. masc./fem. n. bos (gen. bovis), an ox, a bull, a cow; L. gen. masc./fem. n. bovis, of cattle

Pronunciation, gender: BO-wis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 10900; CCUG 2133; CIP 70.40; DSM 6328; JCM 20472; LMG 986; NCTC 11013

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF005182 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Murray EGD. Genus II. Moraxella Lwoff. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 590-592.

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Haemophilus bovis" Hauduroy et al. 1937	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Emendations:
  • Li et al. 2022 Li F, Zhu P, Li Z, Zhao W, Gao H, Hong Q, Song J, Yang S. Moraxella nasovis sp. nov., isolated from a sheep with respiratory disease. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5511. Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5681.

• 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 = 1, 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. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — 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 378 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Moraxella Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Murray EGD. Genus II. Moraxella Lwoff. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 590-592.

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Record number: 784279