Name: Neisseria caviae Pelczar 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca’vi.ae. N.L. fem. n. Cavia, generic name of the guinea pig; L. gen. fem. n. caviae, of Cavia

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 14659; CCUG 2132; CCUG 355; DSM 23336; GP 11; NCTC 10293

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF005187 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pelczar MJJ. Neisseria caviae nov spec. J Bacteriol 1953; 65:744.

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: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Moraxella caviae (Pelczar 1953) Henriksen and Bøvre 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Moraxella caviae (Pelczar 1953) Henriksen and Bøvre 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Neisseria caviae 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 Neisseria.
  • 😷 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 = 2. — 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 However, the type strain was not cited [see Rule 27(3)] and this new combination did not appear in the Notification List published in the July 1993 issue of the IJSB [2]. Publication: Lists Editor I. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in IJSB. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:625.
  • 🧍 In the April 1993 issue of the IJSB, M. Véron et al. [1] proposed that Neisseria caviae should be called Branhamella caviae. Publication: Veron M, Lenvoise-Furet A, Coustere C, Ged C, Grimont F. Relatedness of three species of "false neisseriae," Neisseria caviae, Neisseria cuniculi, and Neisseria ovis, by DNA-DNA hybridizations and fatty acid analysis. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:210-220.

Parent taxon: Neisseria Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pelczar MJJ. Neisseria caviae nov spec. J Bacteriol 1953; 65:744.

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Record number: 784460