Species ***Aeromonas* *diversa***

Name: Aeromonas diversa Miñana-Galbis et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: di.ver’sa. L. fem. part. adj. diversa, different, distinct

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-e-RO-mo-nas di-WER-sa, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 43946; CDC 2478-85; CECT 4254; DSM 25288; LMG 17321

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U88663 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Minana-Galbis D, Farfan M, Gaspar Loren J, Carmen Fuste M. Proposal to assign Aeromonas diversa sp. nov. as a novel species designation for Aeromonas group 501. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:15-19. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 133. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1009-1010.

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 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 5 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. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 Formerly Aeromonas group 501. Publication: Stanier RY. A Note on the Taxonomy of Proteus Hydrophilus. J Bacteriol 1943; 46:213-214.
- 🧍 Aeromonas diversa was previously known as Aeromonas sp. HG13 (group 501). Publication: Stanier RY. A Note on the Taxonomy of Proteus Hydrophilus. J Bacteriol 1943; 46:213-214.

Parent taxon: Aeromonas Stanier 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Minana-Galbis D, Farfan M, Gaspar Loren J, Carmen Fuste M. Proposal to assign Aeromonas diversa sp. nov. as a novel species designation for Aeromonas group 501. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:15-19. 🇪🇸

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Species Aeromonas diversa

Species ***Aeromonas* *diversa***