Name: Pasteurella ureae Jones 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: Chem. fem. n. urea, urea; N.L. gen. fem. n. ureae, of urea, intended to mean that urea is converted into ammonium carbonate?

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 25976; CCUG 2139; CIP 62.8; DSM 5568; Henriksen 3520/59; NCTC 10219

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY362900 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jones DM. A pasteurella-like organism from the human respiratory tract. J Pathol Bacteriol 1962; 83:143-151.

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 (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Actinobacillus ureae (Jones 1962) Mutters et al. 1986

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actinobacillus ureae (Jones 1962) Mutters et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pasteurella ureae 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 pathogen". — 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. — 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 35 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Jones DM. A pasteurella-like organism from the human respiratory tract. J Pathol Bacteriol 1962; 83:143-151.

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Record number: 779185