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

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: 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

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".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 30 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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 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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