Name: Aliivibrio finisterrensis Beaz-Hidalgo et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fi.nis.ter.ren’sis. L. masc. adj. finisterrensis, pertaining to Finisterra, literally the end of the world (at least for the Romans who named this place). Galicia was the western end of the ancient Roman world

Pronunciation, gender: … fi-nis-ter-REN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CECT 7228; CMJ 11.1; DSM 23419; LMG 23869

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU541604 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Beaz-Hidalgo R, Doce A, Balboa S, Barja JL, Romalde JL. Aliivibrio finisterrensis sp. nov., isolated from Manila clam, Ruditapes philippinarum and emended description of the genus Aliivibrio. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:223-228. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:719-720.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13070 (N = 6).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Aliivibrio Urbanczyk et al. 2007

Assigned by: Beaz-Hidalgo R, Doce A, Balboa S, Barja JL, Romalde JL. Aliivibrio finisterrensis sp. nov., isolated from Manila clam, Ruditapes philippinarum and emended description of the genus Aliivibrio. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:223-228. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 788305