Species Moraxella caprae

Name: Moraxella caprae Kodjo et al. 1995

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ca’prae. L. gen. fem. n. caprae, of a goat

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mo-ra-XEL-la KA-pra͡e, feminine

Type strain: 8897; ATCC 700019; CCUG 33296; CIP 104714; DSM 19149; NCTC 12877

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ156148 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kodjo A, Tonjum T, Richard Y, Bovre K. Moraxella caprae sp. nov., a new member of the classical Moraxellae with very close affinity to Moraxella bovis. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:467-471. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:881.

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 0.23642 (N = 11).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, 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, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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.
  • 🧍 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 In the paper by Kodjo et al. 1995 the type strain CCUG 33296 is incorrectly cited as CCUG 33297. Publication: Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:366. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Moraxella Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kodjo A, Tonjum T, Richard Y, Bovre K. Moraxella caprae sp. nov., a new member of the classical Moraxellae with very close affinity to Moraxella bovis. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:467-471. 🇫🇷

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