Name: Moraxella caprae Kodjo et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: 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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.24484 (N = 9).
  • 😷 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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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