
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.1926
Name	Neisseria meningitidis (Albrecht and Ghon 1901) Murray 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	(Albrecht and Ghon 1901) Murray 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Neisseria meningitidis
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.1926
Type Strain representative organism	M 1027^T (=21 =NCTC 10025 =DSM 10036 =CIP 73.10 =ATCC 13077)


Proper Form	Neisseria meningitidis (Albrecht and Ghon 1901) Murray 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Neisseria meningitidis was originally described by Murray 1929. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980.

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Neisseria meningitidis (Albrecht and Ghon 1901) Murray 1929 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.1926.
Source File	10.1601/nm.1926.xml


This information was last reviewed on September 19, 2016.

References

Albrecht H, Ghon A. Über die Aetiologie und pathologische Anatomie der Meningitis cerebrospinalis epidemica. Wien Klin Wochenschr 1901; 14:984-996.
Murray EGD. The meningococcus. Spec Rep Ser Med Res Counc (G B) 1929; 124:7-142.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.