Name: Aeromonas caviae (Scherago 1936) Popoff 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: 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

Gender: 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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • 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 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.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".

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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