Name: Pasteurella lymphangitidis Sneath and Stevens 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. gen. n. lymphangitidis, of or pertaining to lymphangitis, inflammation of the lymph nodes

Gender: feminine

Type strains: 71; A82; ATCC 49635; CCUG 27188; CIP 103823; DSM 22972; Jayaraman 1; Jayaraman strain I; NCTC 10547

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HF558372 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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (Pfeiffer 1889) Smith and Thal 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacillus pseudotuberkulosis" Pfeiffer 1889	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (Pfeiffer 1889) Smith and Thal 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • According to Gaillot et al. (2013), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of "Bacillus pseudotuberkulosis" Pfeiffer 1889. Publication: Gaillot O, Lemenand O, Marceau M, Simonet M. Proposed reclassification of Pasteurella lymphangitidis Sneath & Stevens 1990 as Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3927-3929.
  • According to Gaillot et al. (2013), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (Pfeiffer 1889) Smith and Thal 1965 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gaillot O, Lemenand O, Marceau M, Simonet M. Proposed reclassification of Pasteurella lymphangitidis Sneath & Stevens 1990 as Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3927-3929.
  • Formerly the BLG group; reclassification as Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is proposed by Gaillot et al. 2013.
  • Pasteurella lymphangitidis Sneath and Stevens 1990 belong in the family Enterobacteriaceae and should not be included in the genus Pasteurella. Therefore, this taxon should be renamed.
  • Pasteurella lymphangitidis Sneath and Stevens 1990 was previously known as the BL (bovine lymphangitis) bacterium of Jayaraman and Sethumadavan or as phenon 4 of Sneath and Stevens. Publication: Frederiksen W. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON PASTEURELLACEAE AND RELATED ORGANISMS: Minutes on the meeting, 17 September 1990, Osaka, Japan. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:592.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".

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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