Name: Lucibacterium harveyi (Johnson and Shunk 1936) Hendrie et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Achromobacter harveyi" Johnson and Shunk 1936

Etymology: har’vey.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. harveyi, of Harvey, named to honor E.N. Harvey, a biologist who was a pioneer in the systematic study of bioluminescence

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 384; ATCC 14126; CAIM 512; CCUG 28584; CIP 103192; DSM 19623; IFO 15634; LMG 4044; NBRC 15634; NCCB 80033; NCTC 12970

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X74706 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hendrie MS, Hodgkiss W, Shewan JM. The identification, taxonomy and classification of luminous bacteria. Journal of General Microbiology 1970; 64:151-169.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Vibrio harveyi (Johnson and Shunk 1936) Baumann et al. 1981

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Vibrio harveyi (Johnson and Shunk 1936) Baumann et al. 1981	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Achromobacter harveyi" Johnson and Shunk 1936	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Vibrio carchariae Grimes et al. 1985	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Vibrio trachuri Iwamoto et al. 1996	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Beneckea harveyi (Johnson and Shunk 1936) Reichelt and Baumann 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Lucibacterium Hendrie et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hendrie MS, Hodgkiss W, Shewan JM. The identification, taxonomy and classification of luminous bacteria. Journal of General Microbiology 1970; 64:151-169.
  • ⏰ According to Pedersen et al. (1998), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Vibrio carchariae Grimes et al. 1985. Publication: Pedersen K, Verdonck L, Austin B, Austin DA, Blanch AR, Grimont PAD, Jofre J, Koblavi S, Larsen JL, Tiainen T, et al. Taxonomic evidence that Vibrio carchariae Grimes et al. 1985 is a junior synonym of Vibrio harveyi (Johnson and Shunk 1936) Baumann et al. 1981. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:749-758.
  • ⏰ According to Thompson et al. (2002), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Vibrio trachuri Iwamoto et al. 1996. Publication: Thompson FL, Hoste B, Vandemeulebroecke K, Engelbeen K, Denys R, Swings J. Vibrio trachuri Iwamoto et al. 1995 is a junior synonym of Vibrio harveyi (Johnson and Shunk 1936) Baumann et al. 1981. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:973-976.
  • ❗ Lucibacterium harveyi is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Lucibacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - 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 = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Lucibacterium Hendrie et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hendrie MS, Hodgkiss W, Shewan JM. The identification, taxonomy and classification of luminous bacteria. Journal of General Microbiology 1970; 64:151-169.

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