Name: Pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida (Lehmann and Neumann 1899) Mutters et al. 1985 (Approved Lists 1980)
Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)
Basonym: "Bacterium multocidum" Lehmann and Neumann 1899
Etymology: mul.to.ci.da. L. masc. adj. multus, many; L. v. caedo, to cut or kill; N.L. masc. n. multocida, many killing, i.e., pathogenic for many species of animals (nominative in apposition)
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Effective publication:
Mutters R, Ihm P, Pohl S, Frederiksen W, Mannheim W. Reclassification of the genus Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 on the basis of deoxyribonucleic acid homology, with proposals for the new species Pasteurella dagmatis, Pasteurella canis, Pasteurella stomatis, Pasteurella anatis, and Pasteurella langaa. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:309-322.
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: correct name
Parent taxon: Pasteurella multocida (Lehmann and Neumann 1899) Rosenbusch and Merchant 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Mutters R, Ihm P, Pohl S, Frederiksen W, Mannheim W. Reclassification of the genus Pasteurella Trevisan 1887 on the basis of deoxyribonucleic acid homology, with proposals for the new species Pasteurella dagmatis, Pasteurella canis, Pasteurella stomatis, Pasteurella anatis, and Pasteurella langaa. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:309-322.
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Record number: 779183