Name: Beneckea gazogenes (ex Harwood 1978) Harwood et al. 1980

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: ga.zo.ge.nes. N.L. n. gazum, gas; from French masc. n. gaz, gas; from Gr. neut. n. chaos, empty space; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. part. adj. gazogenes, gas-producing

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 29988; CIP 103173; DSM 21264; JCM 21187; NBRC 103151; PB1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681960 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Harwood CS, Bang SS, Baumann P, Nealson KH. Photobacterium logei sp. nov., nom. rev.; Beneckea nereida sp. nov., nom. rev.; and Beneckea gazogenes sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:655.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Vibrio gazogenes (Harwood et al. 1980 ex Harwood 1978) Baumann et al. 1981

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Vibrio gazogenes (Harwood et al. 1980 ex Harwood 1978) Baumann et al. 1981	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Beneckea gazogenes" Harwood 1978	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • ❗ Beneckea gazogenes is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Beneckea.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Beneckea Campbell 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Harwood CS, Bang SS, Baumann P, Nealson KH. Photobacterium logei sp. nov., nom. rev.; Beneckea nereida sp. nov., nom. rev.; and Beneckea gazogenes sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:655.

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Record number: 783499