Name: Pasteurella aerogenes McAllister and Carter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.e.ro’ge.nes. Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, engender, produce; N.L. fem. part. adj. aerogenes, air-generating, gaz-producing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-e-RO-ge-nes, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 27883; CCUG 27904; CCUG 9995; CIP 80.14; DSM 10153

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M75048 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: McAllister HA, Carter GR. An aerogenic Pasteurella-like organism recovered from swine. Am J Vet Res 1974; 35:917-922.

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: 2

• Emendations:
  • Christensen et al. 2005 Christensen H, Kuhnert P, Bisgaard M, Mutters R, Dziva F, Olsen JE. Emended description of porcine [Pasteurella] aerogenes, [Pasteurella] mairii and [Actinobacillus] rossii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:209-223. 🇩🇰 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.
    Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
    • 🧍 In the paper by Christensen et al. 2005, the etymology is erroneously cited as Gr. subst. masc. aeros (sic), air; Gr. subst. (sic) neut. (sic) genos (sic), generating; N.L. subst. (sic) aerogenes, air-generating.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — 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 32 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: McAllister HA, Carter GR. An aerogenic Pasteurella-like organism recovered from swine. Am J Vet Res 1974; 35:917-922.

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Record number: 779178