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Species Pasteurella testudinis
Name: Pasteurella testudinis Snipes and Biberstein 1982
Etymology: tes.tu’di.nis. L. fem. n. testudo (gen. testudinis), tortoise; L. gen. fem. n. testudinis, of the tortoise
Type strain: ATCC 33688; CCUG 19802; CIP 82.117; DSM 23072; NCTC 12150; UCD 90-23-79n
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
L06090
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Snipes KP, Biberstein EL. Pasteurella testudinis sp. nov.: a parasite of desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizi). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:201-210. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.14056 (N = 29).
- 😷 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 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 2023-10-29. 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 16 times 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.
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🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.
Publication:
Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.
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Parent taxon: Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Snipes KP, Biberstein EL. Pasteurella testudinis sp. nov.: a parasite of desert tortoises (Gopherus agassizi). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:201-210.
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Record number: 784595
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