Species Pasteurella mairii

Name: Pasteurella mairii corrig. Sneath and Stevens 1990

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: mai’ri.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. mairii, of Mair, named after N.S. Mair, who isolated the organism

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pas-te͡u-REL-la MAI-ri-i, feminine

Type strain: 68; A10; ATCC 49633; CCUG 27189; CIP 103902; D1187; DSM 17480; LPHL 5143/70; NCTC 10699

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: L06089 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

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

• 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.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 The original spelling, Pasteurella mairi (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 mairii corrig. Sneath and Stevens 1990 was previously known as Pasteurella sp. strain "Mair" of Kilian et al. or as phenon 5 of Sneath and Stevens. 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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