Name: Aliivibrio sifiae Yoshizawa et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: si’fi.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. sifiae, of Sif, the name of Norse goddess (Sif's hair was made of gold, and the name was chosen to reflect the yellow coloor of the luminescence)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-li-i-WI-bri-o SI-fi-a͡e, masculine

Type strain: DSM 26449; H1-1; KCTC 22535; NBRC 105001

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB464964 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yoshizawa S, Karatani H, Wada M, Yokota A, Kogure K. Aliivibrio sifiae sp. nov., luminous marine bacteria isolated from seawater. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2010; 56:509-518. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 139. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1011-1013.

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 0.20331 (N = 4).
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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: Yoshizawa S, Karatani H, Wada M, Yokota A, Kogure K. Aliivibrio sifiae sp. nov., luminous marine bacteria isolated from seawater. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2010; 56:509-518. 🇯🇵

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