Name: Photobacterium damselae corrig. (Love et al. 1982) Smith et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Vibrio damsela Love et al. 1982

Etymology: dam’se.lae. N.L. fem. n. damsela, derived from the modern zoological term damselfish; N.L. gen. fem. n. damselae, of damselfish

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: p^ho-to-bak-TE-ri-um DAM-se-la͡e, neuter

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB032015 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Smith SK, Sutton DC, Fuerst JA, Reichelt JL. Evaluation of the genus Listonella and reassignment of Listonella damsela (Love et al.) MacDonell and Colwell to the genus Photobacterium as Photobacterium damsela comb. nov. with an emended description. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:529-534. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:192.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Photobacterium histaminum Okuzumi et al. 1994	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Listonella damselae corrig. (Love et al. 1982) MacDonell and Colwell 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Listonella damsela (Love et al. 1982) MacDonell and Colwell 1986	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Photobacterium damsela (Love et al. 1982) Smith et al. 1991	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Vibrio damsela Love et al. 1982	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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07465 (N = 9).
  • 😷 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 = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 469 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
  • 🧍 Listed as damsela in the notification list. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:192.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: IJSB 47:908; Photobacterium damsela (sic). Publication: Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: Necessary correction of specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:908-909. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, damsela (sic), has been corrected by Trüper and De' Clari 1997. Publication: Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: Necessary correction of specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:908-909. 🇩🇪

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae corrig. (Love et al. 1982) Gauthier et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida corrig. (ex Janssen and Surgalla 1968) Gauthier et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Photobacterium Beijerinck 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Smith SK, Sutton DC, Fuerst JA, Reichelt JL. Evaluation of the genus Listonella and reassignment of Listonella damsela (Love et al.) MacDonell and Colwell to the genus Photobacterium as Photobacterium damsela comb. nov. with an emended description. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:529-534. 🇦🇺

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