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Species Moraxella bovoculi
Name: Moraxella bovoculi Angelos et al. 2007
Etymology: bov.oc’ul.i. L. masc./fem. n. bos (gen. bovis), an ox, a bull, a cow; L. masc. n. oculus (gen. oculi), an eye; N.L. gen. masc. n. bovoculi, of the eye of a cow, from where the type strain was isolated
Type strain: 237; ATCC BAA-1259; CCUG 52049; DSM 21142
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16S rRNA gene:
DQ153089
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Angelos JA, Spinks PQ, Ball LM, George LW. Moraxella bovoculi sp. nov., isolated from calves with infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:789-795. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1374-1375.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10403 (N = 7).
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 64 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙆 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.
Parent taxon: Moraxella Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Angelos JA, Spinks PQ, Ball LM, George LW. Moraxella bovoculi sp. nov., isolated from calves with infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:789-795.
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Record number: 786137
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