Species Pasteurella multocida

Name: Pasteurella multocida corrig. (Lehmann and Neumann 1899) Rosenbusch and Merchant 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: "Bacterium multocidum" Lehmann and Neumann 1899

Etymology: mul.to.ci’da. L. masc. adj. multus, many; L. v. caedo, to cut or kill; N.L. masc. n. multocida, many killing, i.e., pathogenic for many species of animals (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pas-te͡u-REL-la mul-to-KI-da, feminine

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF294410 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Rosenbusch CT, Merchant IA. A Study of the Hemorrhagic Septicemia Pasteurellae. J Bacteriol 1939; 37:69-89.

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, lectotype

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 3

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacterium multocidum" Lehmann and Neumann 1899	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Pasteurella gallicida (Burrill 1883) Buchanan 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    "Micrococcus gallicidus" Burrill 1883	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Bacterium multocida" corrig. Lehmann and Neumann 1899	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    "Micrococcus gallicida" corrig. Burrill 1883	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Emendations:
  • Mutters et al. 1985 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.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Trevisan V. Sul Micrococco della rabbia e sulla possiblità di riconoscere durante il periodo d'incubazione, dall'esame del sangue della persona moricata, se ha contratta l'infezione rabbica. Rendiconti dell'Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere (Ser 2) 1887; 20:88-105.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "default: 2 human and animal pathogen - human risk group: 2 - animal risk group: 3 - biological class of risk animal: 3; gallicida: 2 human and animal pathogen - human risk group: 2 - animal risk group: 3 - biological class of risk animal: 3; multocida: 2 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: 3 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "default: 2 P650 = v; Type B buffalo: 3 P650 = v". — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "type B -buffalo and other virulent strains: 3; default: 3 type B -buffalo and other virulent strains". — 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 4737 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.
  • 🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pasteurella multocida subsp. gallicida Mutters et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida (Lehmann and Neumann 1899) Mutters et al. 1985 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pasteurella multocida subsp. septica Mutters et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pasteurella multocida subsp. tigris" Capitini et al. 2002	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Rosenbusch CT, Merchant IA. A Study of the Hemorrhagic Septicemia Pasteurellae. J Bacteriol 1939; 37:69-89.

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