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Species "Photobacterium harveyi"
Name: "Photobacterium harveyi" (Johnson and Shunk 1936) Breed and Lessel 1954
Etymology: har’vey.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. harveyi, referring to Harvey
Pronunciation, gender: … HAR-wey-i, neuter
Original publication:
Breed RS, Lessel EFJ. The classification of luminescent bacteria. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1954; 20:58-64. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
- 😷 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". — 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.
Parent taxon: Photobacterium Beijerinck 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Breed RS, Lessel EFJ. The classification of luminescent bacteria. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1954; 20:58-64.
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Record number: 68559
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