Name: Actinobacillus lignieresii Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lig.ni.eres’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. lignieresii, of Lignières, named for J. Lignières, one of the bacteriologists who first isolated this organism

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49236; CCUG 41384; CIP 53.130; DSM 22256; NCTC 4189

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M75068 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Brumpt E. Précis de Parasitologie. 1st ed. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1910.

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Actinobacillus Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Brumpt E. Précis de Parasitologie. 1st ed. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1910.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - 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 = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 61 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Actinobacillus Brumpt 1910 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Brumpt E. Précis de Parasitologie. 1st ed. Masson et Cie, Paris, 1910.

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Record number: 783282