Name: Neisseria ovis Lindqvist 1960 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o’vis. L. gen. fem. n. ovis, of the sheep

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 199/55; ATCC 33078; CCUG 354; DSM 18075; LMG 8381; NCTC 11227

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16S rRNA gene: AF005186 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lindqvist K. A Neisseria species associated with infectious keratoconjunctivitis of sheep--Neisseria ovis Nov. Spec. J Infect Dis 1960; 106:162-165.

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 ovis (Lindqvist 1960) Henriksen and Bøvre 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Moraxella ovis (Lindqvist 1960) Henriksen and Bøvre 1968 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Neisseria ovis 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 Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 18 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 ovis should be called Branhamella ovis. 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: Lindqvist K. A Neisseria species associated with infectious keratoconjunctivitis of sheep--Neisseria ovis Nov. Spec. J Infect Dis 1960; 106:162-165.

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