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Species Moraxella equi
Name: Moraxella equi Hughes and Pugh 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: e’qui. L. gen. masc. n. equi, of the horse
Type strain: 327/72; ATCC 25576; CIP 82.26; DSM 18027; LMG 5130; LMG 5315; NCTC 11012
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16S rRNA gene:
AF005184
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FASTA
Effective 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 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 = 2, note = "t". — 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 1 time 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.
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
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