Species ***Aeromonas* *allosaccharophila***

Name: Aeromonas allosaccharophila Martínez-Murcia et al. 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.lo.sac.cha.ro’phi.la. Gr. masc. pron. allos, different; Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, friend, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. allosaccharophila, different sugar loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-e-RO-mo-nas al-lo-sak-k^ha-RO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51208; CECT 4199; CIP 104616; DSM 11576; LMG 14059

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: S39232 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Martinez-Murcia AJ, Esteve C, Garay E, Collins MD. Aeromonas allosaccharophila sp. nov., a new mesophilic member of the genus Aeromonas. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1992; 91:199-206.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 42. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:511.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 26 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), no evidence of human infection was found for this species. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 The status of Aeromonas allosaccharophila Martinez-Murcia et al. 1992 is very controversial. 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. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Aeromonas Stanier 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Martinez-Murcia AJ, Esteve C, Garay E, Collins MD. Aeromonas allosaccharophila sp. nov., a new mesophilic member of the genus Aeromonas. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1992; 91:199-206.

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Species Aeromonas allosaccharophila

Species ***Aeromonas* *allosaccharophila***