Name: Pasteurella anatis Mutters et al. 1985

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.na’tis. L. gen. fem. n. anatis, of a duck

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 43329; CCUG 15563; CCUG 26456; CIP 102679; DSM 16844; F 149; NCTC 11413

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16S rRNA gene: AF228001 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mutters R, Ihm P, Pohl S, Frederiksen W, Mannheim W. Reclassification of the genus Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 on the basis of deoxyribonucleic acid homology, with proposals for the new species Pasteurella dagmatis, Pasteurella canis, Pasteurella stomatis, Pasteurella anatis, and Pasteurella langaa. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:309-322.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Gallibacterium anatis (Mutters et al. 1985) Christensen et al. 2003

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Gallibacterium anatis (Mutters et al. 1985) Christensen et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pasteurella anatis 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 Pasteurella.
  • 😷 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, 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 = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Mutters R, Ihm P, Pohl S, Frederiksen W, Mannheim W. Reclassification of the genus Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 on the basis of deoxyribonucleic acid homology, with proposals for the new species Pasteurella dagmatis, Pasteurella canis, Pasteurella stomatis, Pasteurella anatis, and Pasteurella langaa. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:309-322.

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