Name: Phocoenobacter skyensis (Birkbeck et al. 2002) Nilsen et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pasteurella skyensis Birkbeck et al. 2002

Etymology: sky.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. skyensis, pertaining to Skye, the island in Scotland, UK, where the first two isolates of this species were isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: p^ho-ko͡e-no-BAK-ter sky-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 95A1; DSM 24204; NCIMB 13593; NCTC 13204

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ243202 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nilsen HK, Olsen AB, Birkbeck TH, Manji F, Colquhoun DJ, Gulla S. Reclassification of Pasteurella skyensis as Phocoenobacter skyensis comb. nov. and description of Phocoenobacter atlanticus sp. nov. isolated from diseased Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus), with subdivision into Phocoenobacter atlanticus subspecies atlanticus subsp. nov. and Phocoenobacter atlanticus subspecies cyclopteri subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6729. 🇳🇴

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6792.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (taxonomically suspended)

Correct name: Pasteurella skyensis Birkbeck et al. 2002

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pasteurella skyensis Birkbeck et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Phocoenobacter skyensis 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 Phocoenobacter.
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Pasteurella skyensis Birkbeck et al. 2002, which has a risk group (Germany) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-04-16.
  • 😴 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. This name is taxonomically suspended (and therefore not recommended for medical use for now) until no later than 2030 in favour of Pasteurella skyensis Birkbeck et al. 2002. Publication: Birkbeck TH, Laidler LA, Grant AN, Cox DI. Pasteurella skyensis sp. nov., isolated from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:699-704. 🇬🇧 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Parent taxon: Phocoenobacter Foster et al. 2000

Assigned by: Nilsen HK, Olsen AB, Birkbeck TH, Manji F, Colquhoun DJ, Gulla S. Reclassification of Pasteurella skyensis as Phocoenobacter skyensis comb. nov. and description of Phocoenobacter atlanticus sp. nov. isolated from diseased Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus), with subdivision into Phocoenobacter atlanticus subspecies atlanticus subsp. nov. and Phocoenobacter atlanticus subspecies cyclopteri subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6729. 🇳🇴

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