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Species Photobacterium phosphoreum
Name: Photobacterium phosphoreum (Cohn 1878) Beijerinck 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Micrococcus phosphoreus" Cohn 1878
Etymology: phos.pho’re.um. Gr. masc./fem. adj. phôsphoros, bringing or giving light; L. neut. adj. phosphoreum, light-bearing
Pronunciation, gender: phos-PHO-re-um, neuter
Type strain: ATCC 11040; CAIM 328; CIP 102511; DSM 15556; HAMBI 1726; JCM 21184; LMG 4233; NBRC 103031
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB681911
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: Beijerinck MW. Le Photobacterium luminosum, Bactérie lumineuse de la Mer du Nord. Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles 1889; 23:401-427.
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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Micrococcus phosphoreus" Cohn 1878 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
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Notes:
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Photobacterium Beijerinck 1889 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Beijerinck MW. Le Photobacterium luminosum, Bactérie lumineuse de la Mer du Nord. Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles 1889; 23:401-427.
- 😷 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 456 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.
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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: Beijerinck MW. Le Photobacterium luminosum, Bactérie lumineuse de la Mer du Nord. Archives Néerlandaises des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles 1889; 23:401-427.
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Record number: 779535
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