Name: Aeromonas encheleia Esteve et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: en.che.le.ia. Gr. fem. n. enchelys, eel; N.L. fem. adj. encheleia, from eels

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51929; CECT 4342; CIP 104608; DSM 11577; LMG 16330; NCTC 12917; S181

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: ON872224 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Esteve C, Gutierrez MC, Ventosa A. Aeromonas encheleia sp. nov., isolated from European eels. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:462-466. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:881.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Emendations:
  • Huys et al. 1997 Huys G, Kampfer P, Altwegg M, Coopman R, Janssen P, Gillis M, Kersters K. Inclusion of Aeromonas DNA hybridization group 11 in Aeromonas encheleia and extended descriptions of the species Aeromonas eucrenophila and A. encheleia. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1157-1164. 🇧🇪 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.
    Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
    • 🧍 Aeromonas encheleia Esteve et al. 1995 emend. Huys et al. 1997 encompass the strains of Aeromonas eucrenophila subgroup II, the strains of Aeromonas sp. HG11, and ten Aeromonas encheleia-like isolates. — 🧍 The status of Aeromonas encheleia Esteve et al. 1995 is very controversial.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PIIC PV?". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "ht+". — 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 19 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Aeromonas Stanier 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Esteve C, Gutierrez MC, Ventosa A. Aeromonas encheleia sp. nov., isolated from European eels. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:462-466. 🇪🇸

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/aeromonas-encheleiaCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 772897