Name: Aeromonas eucrenophila Schubert and Hegazi 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: Gr. pref. eu-, good; Gr. n. krênê, well, spring, fountain; N.L. fem. adj. phila, friend, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê; N.L. fem. adj. eucrenophila, good well water

Type strains: ATCC 23309; CCUG 30340; CIP 76.17; DSM 17534; JCM 8238; LMG 3774; NCIMB 74; NCMB 74

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene accession number: X74675

Effective publication: Schubert RH, Hegazi M. Aeromonas eucrenophila species nova Aeromonas caviae a later and illegitimate synonym of Aeromonas punctata. Zentralbl Bakteriol Mikrobiol Hyg A 1988; 268:34-39.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 27. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:449.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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.
    Notes:
    • The strains of Aeromonas eucrenophila subgroup II are classified in the species Aeromonas encheleia Esteve et al. 1995 emend. Huys et al. 1997.

• Notes:
  • In Validation List n° 27, the reference of the effective publication is erroneously cited as follows. Publication: Schubert RHW, Hegazi M. Aeromonas eucrenophila species nova, Aeromonas caviae a later and illegitimate synonym of Aeromonas punctata. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. Reihe A 1988; 268:34-39.
  • In Validation List no. 27, the reference of the effective publication is erroneously cited as: Publication: Schubert RHW, Hegazi M. Aeromonas eucrenophila species nova, Aeromonas caviae a later and illegitimate synonym of Aeromonas punctata. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. Reihe A 1988; 268:34-39.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "ht+".

Parent taxon: Aeromonas Stanier 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Schubert RH, Hegazi M. Aeromonas eucrenophila species nova Aeromonas caviae a later and illegitimate synonym of Aeromonas punctata. Zentralbl Bakteriol Mikrobiol Hyg A 1988; 268:34-39.

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