Name: Pasteurella multocida subsp. multocida (Lehmann and Neumann 1899) Mutters et al. 1985 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Etymology: L. masc. adj. multus, many; L. v. caedo, to cut or kill; N.L. fem. adj. multocida, many killing, i.e., pathogenic for many species of animals

Gender: feminine

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Original 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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Pasteurella multocida subsp. gallicida Mutters et al. 1985 according to rule 40d. 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.
  • This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Pasteurella multocida subsp. septica Mutters et al. 1985 according to rule 40d. 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.
  • The original autorship, (Lehmann and Neumann 1899) Rosenbusch and Merchant 1939, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Garrity GM, Labeda DP, Oren A. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2775-2780.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z".

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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