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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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.
  • 🧍 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