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Species Photobacterium aplysiae
Name: Photobacterium aplysiae Seo et al. 2005
Etymology: a.ply’si.ae. L. gen. fem. n. aplysiae, of Aplysia, a zoological genus, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a sea hare, genus Aplysia
Pronunciation, gender: a-PLY-si-a͡e, neuter
Type strain: DSM 18147; GMD 509; JCM 12948; KCTC 12383; See also the footnote
See detailed strain information at
16S rRNA gene:
AY781193
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Seo HJ, Bae SS, Yang SH, Lee JH, Kim SJ. Photobacterium aplysiae sp. nov., a lipolytic marine bacterium isolated from eggs of the sea hare Aplysia kurodai. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2293-2296. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2 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 genus.
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🧍 Dr. Y. Kosako checked the 16S rDNA sequence of Photobacterium aplysiae JCM 12948 and found the sequence of the JCM strain to be quite different from that of AY781193 (the sequence which was deposited in the DNA Data Bank). Dr. Y. Kosako raised with Dr. Lee of KCTC this discrepancy concerning the 16S rDNA sequence of Photobacterium aplysiae. Dr. Lee repeated the experiment and obtained the same results as Y. Kosako. Dr. Y. Kosako asked Dr. Kim, the depositor of the original strain for a replacement culture. Dr. Kim stated that he had deposited the wrong strain in both culture collections and that GMD 509 was no longer available due to a freezer breakdown. Thus, Photobacterium aplysiae is without a type strain and GMD509T is not available from any other source.
Publication:
Farmer Iii JJ, Holmes B. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Aeromonadaceae, Vibrionaceae and related organisms. Minutes of the meetings, 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2009; 59:2638-2640. 🇬🇧
Parent taxon: Photobacterium Beijerinck 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Seo HJ, Bae SS, Yang SH, Lee JH, Kim SJ. Photobacterium aplysiae sp. nov., a lipolytic marine bacterium isolated from eggs of the sea hare Aplysia kurodai. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2293-2296. 🇰🇷
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Record number: 779527
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