Species Aeromonas caviae

Name: Aeromonas caviae (Scherago 1936) Popoff 1984

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: "Pseudomonas caviae" Scherago 1936

Etymology: ca’vi.ae. N.L. fem. n. Cavia, generic name of a guinea pig; L. gen. fem. n. caviae, of Cavia, of a guinea pig

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-e-RO-mo-nas KA-wi-a͡e, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 15468; CCUG 25939; DSM 7323

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X60408 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Popoff M. Genus Aeromonas. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 1., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 545-548.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 15. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:355-357.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aeromonas hydrophila subsp. anaerogenes Schubert 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Aeromonas punctata (Zimmermann 1890) Snieszko 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name
    "Pseudomonas caviae" Scherago 1936	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Aeromonas punctata subsp. caviae (Scherago 1936) Schubert 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name, distinct rank
    "Bacillus punctatus" Zimmermann 1890	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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". — 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, note = "ht". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — 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 585 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), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
  • 🧍 Aeromonas caviae (ex Eddy 1962) Popoff 1984 should be a new combination [basonym: Aeromonas punctata subsp. caviae (Scherago 1936) Schubert 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)] rather than a new species as indicated in the Validation List no. 15 and in the paper by Popoff 1984. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 15. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:355-357.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Aeromonas caviae subsp. aquatica" Moreira et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Aeromonas Stanier 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Popoff M. Genus Aeromonas. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 1., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1984, p. 545-548.

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