Name: Aeromonas tecta Demarta et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tec’ta. L. fem. part. adj. tecta, hidden, concealed (referring to the previous undetected status of this species due to the phenotypic resemblance with the species Aeromonas eucrenophila) (neuter tectum also as noun)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … TEK-ta, feminine

Type strain: CECT 7082; DSM 17300; F518; MDC 91

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ458402 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Demarta A, Kupfer M, Riegel P, Harf-Monteil C, Tonolla M, Peduzzi R, Monera A, Jose Saavedra M, Martinez-Murcia A. Aeromonas tecta sp. nov., isolated from clinical and environmental sources. Syst Appl Microbiol 2008; 31:278-286. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 132. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:469-472.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 3 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
  • 🧍 In the effective publication, the GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain is erroneously cited as AJ458402 (sequence number of the strain Aer58). Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷
  • 🧍 Aeromonas tecta was previously known as "Aeromonas eucrenophila-like". — In the effective publication, the type strains CECT 7082 and DSM 17300 are cited as CECT7082 and DSM17300, respectively. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 132. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:469-472.

Parent taxon: Aeromonas Stanier 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Demarta A, Kupfer M, Riegel P, Harf-Monteil C, Tonolla M, Peduzzi R, Monera A, Jose Saavedra M, Martinez-Murcia A. Aeromonas tecta sp. nov., isolated from clinical and environmental sources. Syst Appl Microbiol 2008; 31:278-286. 🇪🇸

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