Name: "Photobacter splendidum" Beijerinck 1900

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: splen’di.dum. L. neut. adj. splendidum, splendid

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33125; CIP 102893; DSM 19640; IFO 15643; LMG 19031; LMG 4042; NBRC 15643; NCCB 53037; NCIMB 1; NCMB 1

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16S rRNA gene: X74724 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Beijerinck MW. On different forms of hereditary variation in microbes. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences (Amsterdam) 1900; 3:352-365.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Vibrio splendidus (Beijerinck 1900) Baumann et al. 1981

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Beneckea splendida (Beijerinck 1900) Reichelt et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Vibrio hemicentroti Kim et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Vibrio splendidus (Beijerinck 1900) Baumann et al. 1981	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Lucena et al. (2017), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Vibrio hemicentroti Kim et al. 2013. Publication: Lucena T, Carmen Macian M, Arahal DR, Rodrigo-Torres L, Pujalte MJ. Whole genome sequences reveal Vibrio hemicentroti Kim et al. 2013 as a later heterotypic synonym of Vibrio splendidus (Beijerinck 1900) Baumann et al. 1981. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1669-1671.
  • 😷 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: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2".

Parent taxon: [Photobacter]

Assigned by: Beijerinck MW. On different forms of hereditary variation in microbes. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences (Amsterdam) 1900; 3:352-365.

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Record number: 4441