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

Pronunciation, gender: ho-S͡HI-na͡e, feminine

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

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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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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 = "+". — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 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 (Reading) 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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Record number: 775880