Pasteuria thornei Starr and Sayre 1988 Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990 Firmicutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021 Bacillota corrig. Gibbons and Murray 2021 Firmacutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021 Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010 Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980) Pasteuriaceae Laurent 1890 (Approved Lists 1980) Pasteuria Metchnikoff 1888 emend. Hirsch 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) Pasteuria thornei Starr and Sayre 1988 Pasteuria Metchnikoff 1888 emend. Hirsch 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) Pasteuria aldrichii Giblin-Davis et al. 2011 Pasteuria penetrans (ex Thorne 1940) Sayre and Starr 1986 Pasteuria ramosa Metchnikoff 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Starr et al. 1983 Pasteuria nishizawae Sayre et al. 1992 emend. Noel et al. 2005 Pasteuria usgae Giblin-Davis et al. 2003 Pasteuria thornei Starr and Sayre 1988 Has not been cultivated axenically. The designated type is the description by Sayre et al. 1988. Starr M.P. Sayre R.M. Pasteuria thornei sp. nov. and Pasteuria penetrans sensu stricto Emend., mycelial and endospore-forming bacteria parasitic respectively on plant-parasitic nematodes of the genera Pratylenchus and Meloidogyne. 1988 139 11 31 Annales de l'Institut Pasteur. Microbiologie Ann Inst Pasteur Microbiol 0769-2609