Name: Oligella urethralis (Lautrop et al. 1970) Rossau et al. 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Moraxella urethralis Lautrop et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: u.re.thra’lis. L. fem. n. urethra, the excretory canal of the urine, the urethra; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. fem. adj. urethralis, of or pertaining to the urethra

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … u-re-T^HRA-lis, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 17960; CCUG 13463; CCUG 37823; CDC 7603; CIP 103116; DSM 7531; IFO 14589; JCM 20913; LMG 1015; LMG 5303; NBRC 14589; NCTC 12964

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF133538 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rossau R, Kersters K, Falsen E, Jantzen E, Segers P, Union A, Nehls L, De Ley J. Oligella, a new genus including Oligella urethralis comb. nov. (formerly Moraxella urethralis) and Oligella ureolytica sp. nov. (formerly CDC group IVe): relationship to Taylorella equigenitalis and related taxa. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:198-210.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Moraxella urethralis Lautrop et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oligella Rossau et al. 1987. Publication: Rossau R, Kersters K, Falsen E, Jantzen E, Segers P, Union A, Nehls L, De Ley J. Oligella, a new genus including Oligella urethralis comb. nov. (formerly Moraxella urethralis) and Oligella ureolytica sp. nov. (formerly CDC group IVe): relationship to Taylorella equigenitalis and related taxa. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:198-210.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - 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 = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "ht+". — 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 28 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Oligella Rossau et al. 1987

Assigned by: Rossau R, Kersters K, Falsen E, Jantzen E, Segers P, Union A, Nehls L, De Ley J. Oligella, a new genus including Oligella urethralis comb. nov. (formerly Moraxella urethralis) and Oligella ureolytica sp. nov. (formerly CDC group IVe): relationship to Taylorella equigenitalis and related taxa. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:198-210.

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Record number: 778980