Name: Photobacterium Beijerinck 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pho.to.bac.te.ri.um. Gr. neut. n. phôs, light; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, rod or staff and, in biology, a bacterium (so called because the first ones observed were rod-shaped); N.L. neut. n. Photobacterium, light (-producing) bacterium

Gender: neuter (stem: Photobacteri-)

Type species: Photobacterium phosphoreum (Cohn 1878) Beijerinck 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Beijerinck MW. Le Photobacterium luminosum, Bactérie lumineuse de la Mer du Nord. Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles 1889; 23:401-427.

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:
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Micrococcus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Cohn F. Letter to J. Penn which describes Micrococcus phosphoreum. Versameling van stucken betreffende het geneeskundig staats toerzich 1878; 1878:126-130.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pbotobacterium"; "Phambacterium"; "Phatabacterium"; "Phatobaceerium"; "Phatobacterium"; "Phawbacterium"; "Phczobacterium"; "Phntobactcrium"; "Phocobacterium"; "Pholobacterium"; "Phombacterium"; "Phorobacierium"; "Phorobacrerium"; "Phorobacterium"; "Photabacterium"; "Photobaccerium"; "Photobaclerium"; "Photobactcrium"; "Photobactedum"; "Photobactenum"; "Photobacterlum"; "Photobactrium"; "Photobactvrium"; "Photobactwium"; "Photobactzerium"; "Photobacwrium"; "Photobadcrium"; "Photobaderium"; "Photobaoterium"; "Photobaterium"; "Photobocterium"; "Photobocterlum"; "Photobuclcrium"; "Photobuclerium"; "Photohacterium"; "Photolmeterium"; "Photubacterium"; "Phowbaclerium"; "Phowbacterium"; "Phoyobacterium"; "Phozobacrerium"; "Phozobacterium"; "Phozobaczerium"; "Phtobacterium"; "Phutobacterium"; "Plzotobacterium".
  • 🧔 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, 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, 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: 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 Moreira et al. (2014), Enciso-Ibarra et al. (2020), Seo et al. (2005), Hong et al. (2023), Kim et al. (2010). 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: 33; ATCC: 16; KCTC: 15; CAIM: 14; JCM: 12; CIP: 10; CECT: 9; CCUG: 8; NCCB: 6; NBRC: 6.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), the page numbers of the effective publication are cited as 401-415. Publication: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PHBT" 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 38
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 42
Total number of child taxa: 51

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Photobacterium acropomis" Gould and Henderson 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Photobacterium aestuarii Lo et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium alginatilyticum Wang et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium andalusiense Labella et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium angustum Reichelt et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium aphoticum Lucena et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium aplysiae Seo et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium aquae Liu et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium aquimaris Yoshizawa et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium arenosum Weerawongwiwat et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Photobacterium atrarenae" Kim et al. 2011	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Photobacterium carnosum Hilgarth et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium chitinilyticum Wang et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium damsela (Love et al. 1982) Smith et al. 1991	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Photobacterium damselae corrig. (Love et al. 1982) Smith et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Photobacterium eurosenbergii" Thompson et al. 2004	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Photobacterium fischeri" Beijerinck 1889	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym (and no standing)
    Photobacterium fischeri (Beijerinck 1889) Reichelt and Baumann 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Photobacterium frigidiphilum Seo et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium gaetbulicola Kim et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium galatheae Machado et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium ganghwense Park et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium halotolerans Rivas et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium histaminum Okuzumi et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Photobacterium iliopiscarium (Onarheim et al. 1995) Urakawa et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium indicum (Johnson and Weisrock 1969) Xie and Yokota 2004	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Photobacterium indicum (Johnson and Weisrock 1969) Ivanova et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium jeanii Chimetto et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium kishitanii Ast et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium leiognathi Boisvert et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium lipolyticum Yoon et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium logei (ex Bang et al. 1978) Harwood et al. 1980	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Photobacterium lucens Enciso-Ibarra et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium lutimaris Jung et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium malacitanum Labella et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Photobacterium mandapamensis" Hendrie et al. 1970	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    "Photobacterium marinum" Srinivas et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Photobacterium obscurum Hong et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium panuliri Deep et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Photobacterium pectinilyticum" Ding et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Photobacterium phosphorescens" Beijerinck 1889	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Photobacterium phosphoreum (Cohn 1878) Beijerinck 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium piscicola Figge et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium profundum Nogi et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium proteolyticum Li et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium rosenbergii Thompson et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium salinisoli Li et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium sanctipauli Moreira et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium sanguinicancri Gomez-Gil et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium swingsii Gomez-Gil et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium toruni Labella et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Vibrionaceae Véron 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Smith SK, Sutton DC, Fuerst JA, Reichelt JL. Evaluation of the genus Listonella and reassignment of Listonella damsela (Love et al.) MacDonell and Colwell to the genus Photobacterium as Photobacterium damsela comb. nov. with an emended description. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:529-534.

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