Name: Neisseria cuniculi Berger 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cu.ni’cu.li. L. gen. masc. n. cuniculi, of the rabbit

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 14688; CCUG 2154; DSM 21768; LMG 8382; NCTC 10297

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF005188 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Berger U. Über das Vorkommen von Neisserien bei einigen Tieren. Zeitschrift für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten 1962; 148:445-457.

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

Correct name: Moraxella cuniculi (Berger 1962) Bøvre and Hagen 1984

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Moraxella cuniculi (Berger 1962) Bøvre and Hagen 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Neisseria cuniculi 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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 cuniculi should be called Branhamella cuniculi. 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: Berger U. Über das Vorkommen von Neisserien bei einigen Tieren. Zeitschrift für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten 1962; 148:445-457.

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