Name: Pasteurella bettyae corrig. Sneath and Stevens 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bet’ty.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. bettyae, of Bett, named for Elizabeth (Betty) O. King

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 50; A99 and A271; ATCC 23273; CCUG 2042; CDC 41-5568; CIP 102636; DSM 23000; NCTC 10535

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L06088 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sneath PH, Stevens M. Actinobacillus rossii sp. nov., Actinobacillus seminis sp. nov., nom. rev., Pasteurella bettii sp. nov., Pasteurella lymphangitidis sp. nov., Pasteurella mairi sp. nov., and Pasteurella trehalosi sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:148-153.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pasteurella bettii Sneath and Stevens 1990	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.06604 (N = 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.
  • The original spelling, Pasteurella bettii (sic), has been corrected by Sneath 1992. Publication: Sneath PH. Correction of orthography of epithets in Pasteurella and some problems with recommendations on latinization. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:658-659.
  • Pasteurella bettyae corrig. Sneath and Stevens 1990 was previously known as phenon 13 of Sneath and Stevens or as "Pasteurella sp. bettii" of Kilian et al. Publication: Sneath PH. Correction of orthography of epithets in Pasteurella and some problems with recommendations on latinization. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:658-659.

Parent taxon: Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sneath PH, Stevens M. Actinobacillus rossii sp. nov., Actinobacillus seminis sp. nov., nom. rev., Pasteurella bettii sp. nov., Pasteurella lymphangitidis sp. nov., Pasteurella mairi sp. nov., and Pasteurella trehalosi sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:148-153.

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Record number: 784579