Name: Moraxella cuniculi (Berger 1962) Bøvre and Hagen 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Neisseria cuniculi Berger 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: cu.ni’cu.li. L. gen. masc. n. cuniculi, of the rabbit

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 14688; CCUG 2154; DSM 21768; LMG 8382; NCTC 10297

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16S rRNA gene: X79221 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bøvre K, Hagen N. The family Neisseriaceae: rod-shaped species of the genera Moraxella, Acinetobacter, Kingella, and Neisseria, and the Branhamella group of cocci. In: Starr MP, Stolp H, Trüper HG, Balows A, Schlegel HG (eds), The prokaryotes a handbook on habitats, isolation and identification of bacteria, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1981, p. 1506-1529.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 15. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:355-357.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Neisseria cuniculi Berger 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Moraxella Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bøvre K, Hagen N. The family Neisseriaceae: rod-shaped species of the genera Moraxella, Acinetobacter, Kingella, and Neisseria, and the Branhamella group of cocci. In: Starr MP, Stolp H, Trüper HG, Balows A, Schlegel HG (eds), The prokaryotes a handbook on habitats, isolation and identification of bacteria, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1981, p. 1506-1529.

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Record number: 784283