Species ***Photobacterium* *iliopiscarium***

Name: Photobacterium iliopiscarium (Onarheim et al. 1995) Urakawa et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Vibrio iliopiscarius Onarheim et al. 1995

Etymology: i.li.o.pis.ca’ri.um. L. neut. adj. piscarium, pertaining to fish; N.L. neut. adj. iliopiscarium, belonging to intestines of fish

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: p^ho-to-bak-TE-ri-um i-li-o-pis-KA-ri-um, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51760; CAIM 909; CIP 104755; DSM 9896; LMG 19543; PS1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB000278 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Urakawa H, Kita-Tsukamoto K, Ohwada K. Reassessment of the taxonomic position of Vibrio iliopiscarius (Onarheim et al. 1994) and proposal for Photobacterium iliopiscarium comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:257-260. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:343-344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Vibrio iliopiscarius Onarheim et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.20388 (N = 8).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 17 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 genus. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Vibrio iliopiscarius Onarheim et al. 1995. Publication: Onarheim AM, Wiik R, Burghardt J, Stackebrandt E. Characterization and identification of two Vibrio species indigenous to the intestine of fish in cold sea water; description of Vibrio iliopiscarius sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1994; 17:370-379. Anonymous. Validation list no. 53. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:418-419.

Parent taxon: Photobacterium Beijerinck 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Urakawa H, Kita-Tsukamoto K, Ohwada K. Reassessment of the taxonomic position of Vibrio iliopiscarius (Onarheim et al. 1994) and proposal for Photobacterium iliopiscarium comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:257-260. 🇯🇵

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Species Photobacterium iliopiscarium

Species ***Photobacterium* *iliopiscarium***