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Species Aeromonas media
Name: Aeromonas media Allen et al. 1983
Etymology: me’di.a. L. fem. adj. media, that is in the middle, middle
Type strain: ATCC 33907; BCRC 14129; CCM 3653; CCRC 14129; CCUG 14453; CIP 103208; DSM 4881; JCM 2385; LMG 9073; RM
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
X60410
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Allen DA, Austin B, Colwell RR. Aeromonas media, a new species isolated from river water. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:599-604. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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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. — 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 58 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.
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🧍 On page 604, the type strain is incorrectly cited as Rm. — There are some problems with the type strain of Aeromonas media Allen et al. 1983, because some clones of the type strain, held in culture collections, are not authentic.
Publication:
Holmes B. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF VIBRIONACEAE: Minutes of the meetings (Minute 22), 4 and 7 July 1994, Prague, Czech republic. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1467-1469.
Parent taxon: Aeromonas Stanier 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Allen DA, Austin B, Colwell RR. Aeromonas media, a new species isolated from river water. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:599-604.
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Record number: 772908
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