Name: Dickeya aquatica Parkinson et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. aquatica, living, growing, or found in the water, aquatic

Pronunciation, gender: a-KWA-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: 174/2; LMG 27354; NCPPB 4580

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY231144 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Parkinson N, DeVos P, Pirhonen M, Elphinstone J. Dickeya aquatica sp. nov., isolated from waterways. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2264-2266.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3333-3334.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The reconstruction of the evolutionary history of the genus Dickeya has shown that Dickeya aquatica is the second deepest emerging species. Publication: Duprey A, Taib N, Leonard S, Garin T, Flandrois JP, Nasser W, Brochier-Armanet C, Reverchon S. The phytopathogenic nature of Dickeya aquatica 174/2 and the dynamic early evolution of Dickeya pathogenicity. Environ Microbiol 2019; 21:2809-2835.

Parent taxon: Dickeya Samson et al. 2005

Assigned by: Parkinson N, DeVos P, Pirhonen M, Elphinstone J. Dickeya aquatica sp. nov., isolated from waterways. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2264-2266.

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Record number: 791959