Name: Aeromonas bestiarum Ali et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. gen. pl. n. bestiarum, of beasts, of animals (whether wild or domestic)

Gender: feminine

Type strains: ATCC 51108; CCUG 41859; CDC 9533-76; CIP 74.30; DSM 13956; LMG 13444

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16S rRNA gene: X60406 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ali A, Carnahan AM, Altwegg M, Lüthy-Hottenstein J, Joseph SW. Aeromonas bestiarum sp. nov. (formerly genomospecies DNA group 2 A. hydrophila), a new species isolated from non-human sources. Med. Microbiol. Lett. 1996; 5:156-165.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 59. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1189-1190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Aeromonas bestiarum Ali et al. 1996 was previously known as Aeromonas hydrophila genomospecies 2. — There had been past discussion about the validity of the separation of the two closely related species, Aeromonas bestiarum and Aeromonas salmonicida [1]. 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.
  • There had been past discussion about the validity of the separation of the two closely related species, Aeromonas bestiarum and Aeromonas salmonicida [1]. However, Soler et al. [2] using MLST with the gyrB and rpoD genes among the genus Aeromonas, provided initial evidence for the clear phylogenetic divergence between these two species to warrant their remaining as separate species. Publication: Soler L, Yanez MA, Chacon MR, Aguilera-Arreola MG, Catalan V, Figueras MJ, Martinez-Murcia AJ. Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Aeromonas based on two housekeeping genes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1511-1519.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "ht+".

Parent taxon: Aeromonas Stanier 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ali A, Carnahan AM, Altwegg M, Lüthy-Hottenstein J, Joseph SW. Aeromonas bestiarum sp. nov. (formerly genomospecies DNA group 2 A. hydrophila), a new species isolated from non-human sources. Med. Microbiol. Lett. 1996; 5:156-165.

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