Name: Pasteurella oralis Christensen et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ra’lis. L. neut. n. os (gen. oris), mouth; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; L. fem. adj. oralis, pertaining to the mouth, of the mouth

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … o-RA-lis, feminine

Type strain: CCM 7950; CCUG 19794; DSM 26425; MCCM 102; P683; strain 23193

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16S rRNA gene: M75052 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Christensen H, Bertelsen MF, Bojesen AM, Bisgaard M. Classification of Pasteurella species B as Pasteurella oralis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1396-1401. 🇩🇰

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2048-2049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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), no evidence of human infection was found for this species. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
  • 🧍 Pasteurella oralis Christensen et al. 2012 was previously known as Pasteurella species B. Publication: Mutters R, Piechulla K, Hinz KH, Mannheim W. Pasteurella avium (Hinz and Kunjara 1977) comb. nov. and Pasteurella volantium sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:5-9.

Parent taxon: Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Christensen H, Bertelsen MF, Bojesen AM, Bisgaard M. Classification of Pasteurella species B as Pasteurella oralis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1396-1401. 🇩🇰

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Record number: 789952