Name: Aeromonas Stanier 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ae.ro.mo.nas. Gr. masc. n. aêr (gen. aeros), air, gas; L. fem. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Aeromonas, gas(-producing) monad

Gender: feminine (stem: Aeromonad-)

Type species: Aeromonas hydrophila (Chester 1901) Stanier 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Stanier RY. A Note on the Taxonomy of Proteus Hydrophilus. J Bacteriol 1943; 46:213-214.

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, conserved name

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Aeromonadaceae Colwell et al. 1986. Publication: Colwell RR, Macdonell MT, De Ley J. Proposal to recognize the family Aeromonadaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:473-477.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Aeromonadales Martin-Carnahan and Joseph 2005. Publication: Martin-Carnahan A, Joseph SW. Order XII. Aeromonadales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 556.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • Veron (1965) assigned this genus to the family Vibrionaceae Véron 1965 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Véron M. Microbiologie – La position taxonomique des Vibrio et de certaines bacteries comparables. Comptes Rendus de I’Academie des Sciences Paris 1965; 261:5243-5246.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Chester FD. A Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. The MacMillan Co., New York, 1901.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Aaromonas"; "Aeroaonaa"; "Aeromnonas"; "Aeromonaa"; "Aeromoniis"; "Aeromontis"; "Aeromonus"; "Aeromtmas"; "Aerumonas"; "Aevomonas"; "Areomonas"; "Weromonas".
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Farmer JJ. International committee on systematic bacteriology, subcommittee on the taxonomy of Vibrionaceae. Minutes of the meetings, 8 and 11 September 1986, Manchester, England. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:210-212.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Nair GB, Holmes B. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Vibrionaceae. Minutes of the meetings, 17 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2002; 52:2331-2333.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Holmes B, Farmer Iii JJ. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Aeromonadaceae, Vibrionaceae and related organisms. Minutes of the Meetings, 25 July 2005, San Francisco, CA, USA. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2009; 59:2633-2637.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Farmer Iii JJ. International committee on systematic bacteriology, subcommittee on the taxonomy of Vibrionaceae. Minutes of the meetings, 8 and 11 September 1986, Manchester, England. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:210-212.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Farmer Iii JJ, Holmes B. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Aeromonadaceae, Vibrionaceae and related organisms. Minutes of the Meetings, 25 July 2005, San Francisco, CA, USA. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2009; 59:2633-2637.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Farmer Iii JJ, Holmes B. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Aeromonadaceae, Vibrionaceae and related organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2009; 59:2638-2640.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Holmes B. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF VIBRIONACEAE: Minutes of the meetings (Minute 8), 4 and 7 July 1994, Prague, Czech republic. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1467-1469.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Holmes B. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF VIBRIONACEAE: Minutes of the meetings (Minute 22), 4 and 7 July 1994, Prague, Czech republic. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1467-1469.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Nair GB, Holmes B. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF VIBRIONACEAE: Minutes of the closed meeting, 19 May 1998, Atlanta, GA, USA. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:1945-1947.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Farmer JJ. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF VIBRIONACEAE: Minutes of the meetings, 8 and 11 September 1986, Manchester, England. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:210-212.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Holmes B. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF VIBRIONACEAE: Minutes of the meetings, 18 and 20 September 1990, Osaka, Japan. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1992; 42:199-201.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Holmes B. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF VIBRIONACEAE: Minutes of the meetings (Minute 6), 4 and 7 July 1994, Prague, Czech republic. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1467-1469.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Farmer Iii JJ. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology, Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Vibrionaceae (Vibrios). Minutes of the meetings, 7 and 11 August 1982, Boston, Massachusetts. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:251-252.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Farmer Iii JJ. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Vibrionaceae. Minutes of the meetings, 8 and 11 September 1986, Manchester, England. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:210-212.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Farmer Iii JJ, Holmes B. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Aeromonadaceae, Vibrionaceae and related organisms: Minutes of the meetings, 25 July 2005, San Francisco, CA, USA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2633-2637.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Furniss AL. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Vibrios. Minutes of the meeting, 4 September 1978, Munich, Germany. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1979; 29:170-171.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Holmes B. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Vibrionaceae. Minutes of the meetings, 18 and 20 September 1990, Osaka, Japan. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:199-201.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Holmes B. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Vibrionaceae. Minutes of the closed meeting, 21 August 1996, Jerusalem, Israel. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1471.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Holmes B. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Vibrionaceae. Minutes of the meetings, 4 and 7 July 1994, Prague, Czech Republic. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1467-1469.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Holmes B, Farmer Iii JJ. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Aeromonadaceae, Vibrionaceae and related organisms: Minutes of the meetings, 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2638-2640.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Hugh R, Feeley JC. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on taxonomy of vibrios. Minutes of the meeting, 22 July 1971, Washington, D.C. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1972; 22:189-190.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Hugh R, Sakazaki R. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Vibrios. Minutes of the closed meeting, 3 September 1974, Tokyo, Japan. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1975; 25:389-391.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Nair GB, Holmes B. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Vibrionaceae. Minutes of the closed meeting, 19 May 1998, Atlanta, GA, USA. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1945-1947.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: J.j. Farmer BH. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes; Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Aeromonadaceae, Vibrionaceae and related organisms. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2009; 59:2638-2640.
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Martinez-Murcia et al. (2008), Minana-Galbis et al. (2007), Beaz-Hidalgo et al. (2015). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 41; LMG: 34; CECT: 26; CCUG: 20; ATCC: 19; CIP: 19; JCM: 12; NCTC: 4; NCIMB: 4; BCRC: 2.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ARMN" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • See also Schubert (1967). Publication: Schubert RHW. The taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus Aeromonas Kluyver and van Niel 1936: Part I. Suggestions on the taxonomy and nomenclature of the aerogenic Aeromonas species. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1967; 17:23-37.
  • See also Vavrova et al. (2015). Publication: Vavrova A, Balazova T, Sedlacek I, Tvrzova L, Sedo O. Evaluation of the MALDI-TOF MS profiling for identification of newly described Aeromonas spp. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2015; 60:375-383.
  • Conserved name (Judicial Opinion 48). Author is Stanier, not Kluyver and van Niel. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 48. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1973; 23:473-474.
  • On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the amended edition of the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names this nomenclatural name is incorrectly cited as Aeromonas Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (sic). Publication: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
  • See also: Publication: Euzeby JP. Necessary corrections according to judicial opinions 16, 48 and 52. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:613.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 32
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 37
Total number of child taxa: 46

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aeromonas allosaccharophila Martinez-Murcia et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas aquariorum Martínez-Murcia et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aeromonas aquatica Beaz-Hidalgo et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Aeromonas aquatilis" Figueras et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Aeromonas australiensis Aravena-Román et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas bestiarum Ali et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas bivalvium Miñana-Galbis et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Aeromonas cavernicola" Martínez-Murcia et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Aeromonas caviae (Scherago 1936) Popoff 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Aeromonas crassostreae" Figueras et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Aeromonas culicicola Pidiyar et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aeromonas dhakensis (Huys et al. 2002) Beaz-Hidalgo et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Aeromonas dhakensis" (Huys et al. 2002) Beaz-Hidalgo et al. 2013	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Aeromonas diversa Miñana-Galbis et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas encheleia Esteve et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Aeromonas enterica" Figueras et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Aeromonas enteropelogenes Schubert et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas eucrenophila Schubert and Hegazi 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas finlandensis corrig. Beaz-Hidalgo et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas finlandiensis Beaz-Hidalgo et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Aeromonas fluvialis Alperi et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Aeromonas guangheii" Brenner et al. 2005	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Aeromonas hydrophila (Chester 1901) Stanier 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas ichthiosmia Schubert et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Aeromonas intestinalis" Figueras et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Aeromonas jandaei Carnahan et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas lacus Beaz-Hidalgo et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas lusitana Martínez-Murcia et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas media Allen et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas molluscorum Miñana-Galbis et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas piscicola Beaz-Hidalgo et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas popoffii Huys et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Aeromonas proteolytica" Merkel et al. 1964	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym (and no standing)
    Aeromonas punctata (Zimmermann 1890) Snieszko 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, rejected name	synonym
    Aeromonas rivipollensis Marti and Balcázar 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas rivuli Figueras et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas salmonicida (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Griffin et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas sanarellii Alperi et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas schubertii Hickman-Brenner et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas sharmana Saha and Chakrabarti 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aeromonas simiae Harf-Monteil et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas sobria Popoff and Véron 1981	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas taiwanensis Alperi et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas tecta Demarta et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aeromonas trota Carnahan et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aeromonas veronii Hickman-Brenner et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Aeromonadaceae Colwell et al. 1986

Assigned by: Colwell RR, Macdonell MT, De Ley J. Proposal to recognize the family Aeromonadaceae fam. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:473-477.

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