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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Subspecies "Pasteurella multocida subsp. tigris"

Name: "Pasteurella multocida subsp. tigris" Capitini et al. 2002

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: ti’gris. L. gen. masc./fem. n. tigris, tiger

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pas-te͡u-REL-la mul-to-KI-da TI-gris, feminine

Nomenclatural type: no type strain designated

Original publication: Capitini CM, Herrero IA, Patel R, Ishitani MB, Boyce TG. Wound infection with Neisseria weaveri and a novel subspecies of pasteurella multocida in a child who sustained a tiger bite. Clin Infect Dis 2002; 34:E74-E76. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Pasteurella multocida corrig. (Lehmann and Neumann 1899) Rosenbusch and Merchant 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Capitini CM, Herrero IA, Patel R, Ishitani MB, Boyce TG. Wound infection with Neisseria weaveri and a novel subspecies of pasteurella multocida in a child who sustained a tiger bite. Clin Infect Dis 2002; 34:E74-E76. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 801090

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