Name: Pasteurella gallicida (Burrill 1883) Buchanan 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Micrococcus gallicidus" Burrill 1883

Etymology: gal.li.ci’da. L. masc. n. gallus, a cock; L. masc. n. suff. -cida, murderer, killer; from L. v. caedo, to cut or kill; N.L. masc. n. gallicida, killer of cock, referring to pathogenicity for poultry (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … gal-li-KI-da, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 43137; CCUG 17976 B; CCUG 43504; CIP 103286; DSM 16031; LMG 2851; NCTC 10322

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF294410 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Buchanan RE. General Systematic Bacteriology. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1925.

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, rejected name

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Pasteurella multocida (Lehmann and Neumann 1899) Rosenbusch and Merchant 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pasteurella multocida (Lehmann and Neumann 1899) Rosenbusch and Merchant 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, lectotype
    "Micrococcus gallicidus" Burrill 1883	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Bacterium multocidum" Lehmann and Neumann 1899	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - human risk group: 2 - animal risk group: 3 - biological class of risk animal: 3". — 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. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 Rejected name (opinion IJSB 35:538). Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 58. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:538.

Parent taxon: Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Buchanan RE. General Systematic Bacteriology. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1925.

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Record number: 784582