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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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF005188 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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

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

• 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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 2022; 168:0.

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