Name: Grimontia hollisae (Hickman et al. 1982) Thompson et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Vibrio hollisae Hickman et al. 1982

Etymology: hol’li.sae. N.L. gen. fem. n. hollisae, of Hollis, named to honor Dannie G. Hollis, who first recognized this organism as a new and distinct vibrio

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … HOL-li-sa͡e, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33564; CAIM 625; CCUG 13625; CDC 75-80; CIP 101886; DSM 15132; JCM 1283; LMG 17719; NCTC 11640

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16S rRNA gene: AJ514909 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Thompson FL, Hoste B, Vandemeulebroecke K, Swings J. Reclassification of Vibrio hollisae as Grimontia hollisae gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1615-1617. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Vibrio hollisae Hickman et al. 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Grimontia Thompson et al. 2003. Publication: Thompson FL, Hoste B, Vandemeulebroecke K, Swings J. Reclassification of Vibrio hollisae as Grimontia hollisae gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1615-1617. 🇧🇪
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — 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 31 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. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Vibrio hollisae Hickman et al. 1982. Publication: Hickman FW, Farmer JJ, Hollis DG, Fanning GR, Steigerwalt AG, Weaver RE, Brenner DJ. Identification of Vibrio hollisae sp. nov. from patients with diarrhea. J Clin Microbiol 1982; 15:395-401. 🇺🇸 Anonymous. Validation list no. 9. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:384-385.
  • 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30 [1], this new combination is not validly published because the effective publication only documents deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, deposit in at least one other recognized culture collections in a different country is required. Publication: De Vos P, Trüper HG. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. IXth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 14, 15 and 18 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2000; 50:2239-2244.
  • 🧍 In a Request for an Opinion, Euzéby and Tindall provide a solution whereby this name may be considered to be validly published [2]. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Grimontia Thompson et al. 2003

Assigned by: Thompson FL, Hoste B, Vandemeulebroecke K, Swings J. Reclassification of Vibrio hollisae as Grimontia hollisae gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1615-1617. 🇧🇪

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