Name: Pasteurella pneumotropica Jawetz 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pneu.mo.tro’pi.ca. N.L. fem. adj. pneumotropica, having an affinity for the lungs

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 35149; CCUG 12398; CIP 66.16; DSM 21403; JCM 14074; LMG 4224; NCTC 8141

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M75083 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jawetz E. A pneumotropic pasteurella of laboratory animals; bacteriological and serological characteristics of the organism. J Infect Dis 1950; 86:172-183.

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rodentibacter pneumotropicus (Jawetz 1950) Adhikary et al. 2017

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rodentibacter pneumotropicus (Jawetz 1950) Adhikary et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pasteurella pneumotropica is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Pasteurella.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and 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 = 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".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 212 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Jawetz E. A pneumotropic pasteurella of laboratory animals; bacteriological and serological characteristics of the organism. J Infect Dis 1950; 86:172-183.

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