Name DOI
10.1601/nm.2746
Name
 Lwoff 1939 emend. Lautrop 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status
Validly Published
Current Authority
Lwoff 1939 emend. Lautrop 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name
Taxonomic Rank
genus
Nomenclatural Type
(designated species)
 (Eyre 1900) Lwoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)
Taxonomy
Proper Form
Moraxella Lwoff 1939 emend. Lautrop 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History
The genus Moraxella was originally proposed by Lwoff 1939. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. This name was placed onto the nomina taxorum conservanda by Judicial Opinion 41 in 1971. Lautrop published an emended description of this genus in 1974.
Citation
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Name Abstract for Moraxella Lwoff 1939 emend. Lautrop 1974 (Approved Lists 1980).. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.2746.
Source File
This information was last reviewed on July 18, 2018.

References

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