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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ku-NI-ku-li, feminine

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

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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 (and not recommended for medical use)

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. — 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 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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Record number: 784461