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Species Photobacterium fischeri
Name: Photobacterium fischeri (Beijerinck 1889) Reichelt and Baumann 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Photobacterium fischeri" Beijerinck 1889
Etymology: fi’sche.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. fischeri, of Fischer, named after Bernhard Fischer, one of the earliest students of luminescent bacteria
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … FI-s͡he-ri, neuter
Type strain: 398; ATCC 774; ATCC 7744; CAIM 329; CCUG 13450; CIP 103206; DSM 507; LMG 4414; NCCB 76033; NCCB 80039; NCIMB 1281; NCMB 1281; NRRL B-761
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
X70640
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Reichelt JL, Baumann P. Taxonomy of the marine, luminous bacteria. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 1973; 94:283-330. 
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 (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Aliivibrio fischeri (Beijerinck 1889) Urbanczyk et al. 2007
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Aliivibrio fischeri (Beijerinck 1889) Urbanczyk et al. 2007 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Vibrio fischeri (Beijerinck 1889) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980) homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Photobacterium fischeri" Beijerinck 1889 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
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Notes:
- ❗ Photobacterium fischeri 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 Photobacterium.
- 😷 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. — 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 56 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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 genus.
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🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (Amended Edition), the page numbers of the paper by Beijerinck are cited as 401-415.
Publication:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Parent taxon: Photobacterium Beijerinck 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Reichelt JL, Baumann P. Taxonomy of the marine, luminous bacteria. Archiv für Mikrobiologie 1973; 94:283-330.
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Record number: 779530
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