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Species Photobacterium kishitanii

Name: Photobacterium kishitanii Ast et al. 2007

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ki.shi.ta’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kishitanii, of Kishitani, to honour the deceased Japanese scientist Teijiro Kishitani, who first isolated luminous bacteria from the light organ of Physiculus japonicus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pho-to-bak-TE-ri-um ki-s͡hi-TA-ni-i, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1194; DSM 19954; LMG 23890; pjapo.1.1

16S rRNA gene: AY341439 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Ast JC, Cleenwerck I, Engelbeen K, Urbanczyk H, Thompson FL, De Vos P, Dunlap PV. Photobacterium kishitanii sp. nov., a luminous marine bacterium symbiotic with deep-sea fishes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2073-2078. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2727-2728.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.21803 (N = 8).
    • 😷 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 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.

Parent taxon: Photobacterium Beijerinck 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ast JC, Cleenwerck I, Engelbeen K, Urbanczyk H, Thompson FL, De Vos P, Dunlap PV. Photobacterium kishitanii sp. nov., a luminous marine bacterium symbiotic with deep-sea fishes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2073-2078. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 786711