Name: Edwardsiella hoshinae Grimont et al. 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ho.shi’nae. N.L. gen. masc. n. hoshinae, of Hoshina, named after Toshikazu Hoshina, the Japanese bacteriologist who was one of the first to describe an organism that was probably an Edwardsiella

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 2-78; ATCC 33379; CIP 78.56; DSM 13771; JCM 1679; NCTC 12121

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB050825 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Grimont PAD, Grimont F, Richard C, Sakazaki R. Edwardsiella hoshinae, a new species of Enterobacteriaceae. Curr. Microbiol. 1980; 4:347-351.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 6. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1981; 31:215-218.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

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

Assigned by: Grimont PAD, Grimont F, Richard C, Sakazaki R. Edwardsiella hoshinae, a new species of Enterobacteriaceae. Curr. Microbiol. 1980; 4:347-351.

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