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
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
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.
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 in some sources as: "Pbotobacterium"; "Phambacterium"; "Phatabacterium"; "Phatobaceerium"; "Phatobacterium"; "Phawbacterium"; "Phczobacterium"; "Phocobacterium"; "Pholobacterium"; "Phombacterium"; "Phorobacrerium"; "Phorobacterium"; "Photabacterium"; "Photobaccerium"; "Photobaclerium"; "Photobactcrium"; "Photobactedum"; "Photobactenum"; "Photobacterlum"; "Photobactrium"; "Photobactvrium"; "Photobactwium"; "Photobactzerium"; "Photobacwrium"; "Photobaderium"; "Photobaoterium"; "Photobaterium"; "Photobocterium"; "Photobocterlum"; "Photobuclerium"; "Photohacterium"; "Photubacterium"; "Phowbacterium"; "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.
The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 33; LMG: 19; ATCC: 14; CAIM: 14; KCTC: 13; JCM: 12; CECT: 9; CCUG: 8; NCCB: 6; NBRC: 6.
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: 37 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 41 Total number of child taxa: 48
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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