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Species Moraxella nonliquefaciens
Name: Moraxella nonliquefaciens (Scarlett 1916) Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: non.li.que.fa.ci.ens. L. prep. non, not; N.L. pres. part. liquefaciens, making liquid, dissolving; N.L. fem. part. adj. nonliquefaciens, not dissolving
Type strain: 4663/62; ATCC 19975; CCUG 348; CIP 68.36; DSM 6327; JCM 20443; NCTC 10464
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
JN175343
Analyse
FASTA
Effective 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 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 = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 = 2. — 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 92 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.
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🧍 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: 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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Record number: 784285
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