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Species Edwardsiella piscicida
Name: Edwardsiella piscicida Abayneh et al. 2013
Etymology: pis.ci.ci’da. N.L. masc. n. piscicida, fish-killer (nominative in apposition)
Pronunciation, gender: pis-ki-KI-da, feminine
Type strain: CCUG 62929; ET883; NCIMB 14824
See detailed strain information at
16S rRNA gene:
MF034716
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Abayneh T, Colquhoun DJ, Sorum H. Edwardsiella piscicida sp. nov., a novel species pathogenic to fish. J Appl Microbiol 2013; 114:644-654. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 153. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3131-3134.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - human risk group: 2 - animal risk group: 3 - biological class of risk animal: 3". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 245 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.
Parent taxon: Edwardsiella Ewing and McWhorter 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Abayneh T, Colquhoun DJ, Sorum H. Edwardsiella piscicida sp. nov., a novel species pathogenic to fish. J Appl Microbiol 2013; 114:644-654.
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Record number: 791058
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