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Species Moraxella equi

Name: Moraxella equi Hughes and Pugh 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e’qui L. gen. masc. n. equi, of the horse

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 327/72; ATCC 25576; CIP 82.26; DSM 18027; LMG 5130; LMG 5315; NCTC 11012

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16S rRNA gene: AJ247226 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Hughes DE, Pugh GWJ. Isolation and description of a Moraxella from horses with conjunctivitis. Am J Vet Res 1970; 31:457-462.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Parent taxon: Moraxella Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hughes DE, Pugh GWJ. Isolation and description of a Moraxella from horses with conjunctivitis. Am J Vet Res 1970; 31:457-462.

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Record number: 778310