Name: Enterovibrio calviensis (Denner et al. 2002) Pascual et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Vibrio calviensis Denner et al. 2002

Etymology: cal.vi.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. calviensis, of or pertaining to the Bay of Calvi, Corsica, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: en-te-ro-WI-bri-o kal-wi-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-606; CCUG 48319; CCUG 48319 B; CECT 7414; CIP 107077; DSM 14347; RE35F/12

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16S rRNA gene: AF118021 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pascual J, Macian MC, Arahal DR, Garay E, Pujalte MJ. Description of Enterovibrio nigricans sp. nov., reclassification of Vibrio calviensis as Enterovibrio calviensis comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Enterovibrio Thompson et al. 2002. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:698-704. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1557-1558.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Vibrio calviensis Denner et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00624 (N = 12).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🫡 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 genus. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Vibrio calviensis Denner et al. 2002. Publication: Denner EB, Vybiral D, Fischer UR, Velimirov B, Busse HJ. Vibrio calviensis sp. nov., a halophilic, facultatively oligotrophic 0.2 microm-fiIterabIe marine bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:549-553. 🇦🇹 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:691-692.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 In the abstract of the paper by Pascual et al. 2009, the type strain RE35F/12 is erroneously cited as RE35/F12. Publication: Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2009; 59:1850. 🇪🇸

Parent taxon: Enterovibrio Thompson et al. 2002

Assigned by: Pascual J, Macian MC, Arahal DR, Garay E, Pujalte MJ. Description of Enterovibrio nigricans sp. nov., reclassification of Vibrio calviensis as Enterovibrio calviensis comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Enterovibrio Thompson et al. 2002. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:698-704. 🇪🇸

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