Riemerella

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Riemerella

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Riemerella Segers et al. 1993, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Riemerella anatipestifer (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Segers et al. 1993.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Riemerella, named in honor of Riemer, who first described Riemerella anatipestifer infections in geese in 1904 and referred to the disease as septicemia anserum exsudativa (Riemer, 1904).
Reference: SEGERS (P.), MANNHEIM (W.), VANCANNEYT (M.), DE BRANDT (K.), HINZ (K.H.), KERSTERS (K.) and VANDAMME (P.): Riemerella anatipestifer gen. nov., comb. nov., the causative agent of septicemia anserum exsudativa, and its phylogenetic affiliation within the Flavobacterium-Cytophaga rRNA homology group. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 768-776.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Riemerella Segers et al. 1993 emend. Vancanneyt et al. 1999.
Type species: ¤ Riemerella anatipestifer (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Segers et al. 1993.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Riemerella, named in honor of Riemer, who first described Riemerella anatipestifer infections in geese in 1904 and referred to the disease as septicemia anserum exsudativa (Riemer, 1904).
Reference: VANCANNEYT (M.), VANDAMME (P.), SEGERS (P.), TORCK (U.), COOPMAN (R.), KERSTERS (K.) and HINZ (K.H.): Riemerella columbina sp. nov., a bacterium associated with respiratory disease in pigeons. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 289-295.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Riemerella anatipestifer (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Segers et al. 1993, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 11845 = CCUG 14215 = CCUG 21370 = CIP 82.28 = DSM 15868 = JCM 9532 = LMG 11054 = LMG 11606 = MCCM 00568 = NCTC 11014.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: CP002346 (complete genome).
Basonym: ¤ Moraxella anatipestifer (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Bruner and Fabricant 1954 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonyms: "Pfeifferella anatipestifer" Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932, "Pasteurella anapestifer" (sic) Hauduroy et al. 1953, "Pasteurella anatipestifer" (Hendrickson and Hilbert 1932) Merchant 1957.
Etymology: L. n. anas -atis, duck; L. adj. pestifer, that brings destruction, noxious, pernicious; N.L. n. anatipestifer, one who brings destruction of ducks.
Reference: SEGERS (P.), MANNHEIM (W.), VANCANNEYT (M.), DE BRANDT (K.), HINZ (K.H.), KERSTERS (K.) and VANDAMME (P.): Riemerella anatipestifer gen. nov., comb. nov., the causative agent of septicemia anserum exsudativa, and its phylogenetic affiliation within the Flavobacterium-Cytophaga rRNA homology group. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 768-776.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Riemerella columbina Vancanneyt et al. 1999, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Hinz x183-89 = CCUG 47689 = CIP 106288 = LMG 11607.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF181448.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. columbina, pertaining to pigeons.
Reference: VANCANNEYT (M.), VANDAMME (P.), SEGERS (P.), TORCK (U.), COOPMAN (R.), KERSTERS (K.) and HINZ (K.H.): Riemerella columbina sp. nov., a bacterium associated with respiratory disease in pigeons. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 289-295.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Notes:
1 Riemerella columbina Vancanneyt et al. 1999 was previously known as Riemerella anatipestifer-like.
2 The paper by Vancanneyt et al. is not available in "IJSEM Online".

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