Name: "Pfeifferella anatipestifer" Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.na.ti.pes’ti.fer. L. masc. adj. pestifer, destructive, noxious; N.L. masc. adj. anatipestifer, one who brings destruction of ducks

Pronunciation (Latin): … a-na-ti-PES-ti-fer

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 11845; CCUG 14215; CCUG 21370; CIP 82.28; JCM 9532; LMG 11054; LMG 11606; MCCM 568; NCTC 11014

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16S rRNA gene: MH789421 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Hendrickson JM, Hilbert KF. A new and serious septicemic disease of young ducks with a description of the causative organism, Pfeifferella anatipestifer. Cornell Veterinarian 1932; 22:239-252.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Riemerella anatipestifera corrig. (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Segers et al. 1993

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Riemerella anatipestifer (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Segers et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Moraxella anatipestifer (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Bruner and Fabricant 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Pasteurella anatipestifera" corrig. (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Hauduroy et al. 1953	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Riemerella anatipestifera corrig. (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Segers et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Moraxella anatipestifera corrig. (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Bruner and Fabricant 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Pasteurella anapestifer" (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Hauduroy et al. 1953	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 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". — 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.

Parent taxon: [Pfeifferella]

Assigned by: Hendrickson JM, Hilbert KF. A new and serious septicemic disease of young ducks with a description of the causative organism, Pfeifferella anatipestifer. Cornell Veterinarian 1932; 22:239-252.

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Record number: 4091