Name: Moraxella phenylpyruvica Bøvre and Henriksen 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phe.nyl.py.ru.vi.ca. N.L. neut. n. acidum phenylpyruvicum, phenylpyruvic acid; N.L. fem. adj. phenylpyruvica, pertaining to phenylpyruvic acid, the product of deamination of phenylalanine by this organism

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 2863; ACAM 535; ACM 886; ATCC 23333; CCUG 351; CIP 82.27; DSM 7000; JCM 20444; LMG 5372; NBRC 102152; NCTC 10526

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16S rRNA gene: AB681720 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bøvre K, Henriksen SD. A revised description of Moraxella polymorpha Flamm 1957 with a proposal of a new name, Moraxella phenylpyrouvica, for this species. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1967; 17:343-360.

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, conserved name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Psychrobacter phenylpyruvicus (Bøvre and Henriksen 1967) Bowman et al. 1996

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Psychrobacter phenylpyruvicus (Bøvre and Henriksen 1967) Bowman et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Moraxella phenylpyruvica is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Moraxella.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 20 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Conserved epithet (Judicial Opinion 42). Only conservation of an epithet, and over all earlier homotypic synonyms. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 42. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1971; 21:107.

Parent taxon: Moraxella Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bøvre K, Henriksen SD. A revised description of Moraxella polymorpha Flamm 1957 with a proposal of a new name, Moraxella phenylpyrouvica, for this species. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1967; 17:343-360.

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