Name: Edwardsiella piscicida Abayneh et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pi.sci.ci.da. N.L. masc. n. piscicida, fish-killer (nominative in apposition)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 62929; ET883; NCIMB 14824

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: MF034716 Analyse 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

Risk group: 2

• 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".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 196 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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