Name: Listonella damsela (Love et al. 1982) MacDonell and Colwell 1986

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Vibrio damsela Love et al. 1982

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33539; CAIM 331; CCUG 13626; CDC 2588-80; CIP 102761; DSM 7482; IFO 15633; LMG 7892; NBRC 15633; NCTC 11647

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16S rRNA gene: AB032015 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Macdonell MT, Colwell RR. Phylogeny of the Vibrionaceae, and recommendation for two new genera, Listonella and Shewanella. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1985; 6:171-182. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 20. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:354-356.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Listonella damselae corrig. (Love et al. 1982) MacDonell and Colwell 1986

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Photobacterium histaminum Okuzumi et al. 1994	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Vibrio damsela Love et al. 1982	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Photobacterium damselae corrig. (Love et al. 1982) Smith et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Listonella damselae corrig. (Love et al. 1982) MacDonell and Colwell 1986	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
    Photobacterium damsela (Love et al. 1982) Smith et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Vibrio damselae corrig. Love et al. 1982	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Kimura et al. (2000), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Photobacterium histaminum Okuzumi et al. 1994. Publication: Kimura B, Hokimoto S, Takahashi H, Fujii T. Photobacterium histaminum Okuzumi et al. 1994 is a later subjective synonym of Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae (Love et al. 1981) Smith et al. 1991. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1339-1342. 🇯🇵
  • 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: ATCC 51805; JCM 8968.
  • 😷 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: T - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Listonella MacDonell and Colwell 1986

Assigned by: Macdonell MT, Colwell RR. Phylogeny of the Vibrionaceae, and recommendation for two new genera, Listonella and Shewanella. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1985; 6:171-182. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 777595