Species ***Neisseria* *animalis***

Name: Neisseria animalis Berger 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ni.ma’lis. L. neut. n. animal, an animal; L. gen. n. animalis, of an animal (also as adjective)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ne͡is-SE-ri-a a-ni-MA-lis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 49930; CCUG 808; CIP 72.15; DSM 23392; NCTC 10212

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ239288 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Berger U. Neisseria animalis nov. spec. Zeitschrift für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten 1960; 147:158-161.

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)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02985 (N = 6).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Neisseria Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Berger U. Neisseria animalis nov. spec. Zeitschrift für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten 1960; 147:158-161.

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Species Neisseria animalis