Name: Edwardsiella anguillarum Shao et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an.guil.la’rum. L. fem. n. anguilla, eel; L. gen. fem. pl. n. anguillarum, of eels

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2013118; CCUG 64215; DSM 27202; ET080813; MCCC 1K00238

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF034719 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Shao S, Lai Q, Liu Q, Wu H, Xiao J, Shao Z, Wang Q, Zhang Y. Phylogenomics characterization of a highly virulent Edwardsiella strain ET080813^T encoding two distinct T3SS and three T6SS gene clusters: Propose a novel species as Edwardsiella anguillarum sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:36-47.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2017-2025.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t2".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 28 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Edwardsiella Ewing and McWhorter 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Shao S, Lai Q, Liu Q, Wu H, Xiao J, Shao Z, Wang Q, Zhang Y. Phylogenomics characterization of a highly virulent Edwardsiella strain ET080813^T encoding two distinct T3SS and three T6SS gene clusters: Propose a novel species as Edwardsiella anguillarum sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:36-47.

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Record number: 792974