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Species Photobacterium lucens

Name: Photobacterium lucens Enciso-Ibarra et al. 2020

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: lu’cens. L. neut. part. adj. lucens, shining, referring to the strong luminescence of the strains

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pho-to-bak-TE-ri-um LU-kens, neuter

Type strain: CAIM 1937; CECT 9699

16S rRNA gene: SSMG01000228 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Enciso-Ibarra J, Gonzalez-Castillo A, Soto-Rodriguez SA, Enciso-Ibarra K, Bolan-Mejia C, Gomez-Gil B. Photobacterium lucens sp. nov., Isolated from a Cultured Shrimp Penaeus vannamei. Curr Microbiol 2020; 77:1111-1116. 🇲🇽

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 195. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4844-4847.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 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 2 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Photobacterium Beijerinck 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Enciso-Ibarra J, Gonzalez-Castillo A, Soto-Rodriguez SA, Enciso-Ibarra K, Bolan-Mejia C, Gomez-Gil B. Photobacterium lucens sp. nov., Isolated from a Cultured Shrimp Penaeus vannamei. Curr Microbiol 2020; 77:1111-1116. 🇲🇽

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Record number: 7526

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