Name: Moraxella lacunata (Eyre 1900) Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacillus lacunatus" Eyre 1900

Etymology: la.cu.na’ta L. fem. n. lacuna, pit, hole; N.L. fem. adj. lacunata, pitted

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 11748; ATCC 17967; CCUG 4441; CIP A182; DSM 18052; JCM 20914; LMG 5301; Morax 260; NBRC 102154; NCTC 10748; NCTC 11011

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ247228 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Lwoff A. Révision et démembrement des Hemophilae, le genre Moraxella nov. gen. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1939; 62:168-176.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacillus lacunatus" Eyre 1900	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Moraxella Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lwoff A. Révision et démembrement des Hemophilae, le genre Moraxella nov. gen. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1939; 62:168-176.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Moraxella lacunata subsp. lacunata" (Eyre 1900) Juni and Bøvre 2005	not validly published

Parent taxon: Moraxella Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lwoff A. Révision et démembrement des Hemophilae, le genre Moraxella nov. gen. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1939; 62:168-176.

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