Name: Aeromonas culicicola Pidiyar et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cu.li.ci’co.la. L. masc. n. culex (gen. culicis), a gnat, midge, and also a genus of mosquitoes (Culex, family Culicidae); L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. culicicola, intended to mean inhabitant of Culicidae, to denote the family of the insect hosts from which the species was first isolated

Pronunciation, gender: ku-li-KI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: CIP 107763; MTCC 3249; NCIM 5147

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16S rRNA gene: AF170914 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pidiyar V, Kaznowski A, Narayan NB, Patole M, Shouche YS. Aeromonas culicicola sp. nov., from the midgut of Culex quinquefasciatus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1723-1728.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Aeromonas veronii Hickman-Brenner et al. 1988

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aeromonas veronii Hickman-Brenner et al. 1988	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Huys et al. (2005), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Aeromonas veronii Hickman-Brenner et al. 1988. Publication: Huys G, Cnockaert M, Swings J. Aeromonas culicicola Pidiyar et al. 2002 is a later subjective synonym of Aeromonas veronii Hickman-Brenner et al. 1987. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:604-609.
  • ❗ Aeromonas culicicola is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Aeromonas.
  • 😷 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 = 1, note = "Human classification RG: not given - Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 14 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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 Rules 27(3) and 30, this name is not validly published, because the original publication makes reference to the deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Aeromonas culicicola Pidiyar et al. 2002 is considered to be validly published, since deposit in a second culture collection in a different country has been documented. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.

Parent taxon: Aeromonas Stanier 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pidiyar V, Kaznowski A, Narayan NB, Patole M, Shouche YS. Aeromonas culicicola sp. nov., from the midgut of Culex quinquefasciatus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1723-1728.

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Record number: 772896