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Species Photobacterium sanguinicancri
Name: Photobacterium sanguinicancri Gomez-Gil et al. 2016
Etymology: san.gui.ni.can’cri. L. masc. n. sanguis (gen. sanguinis), blood; L. masc. n. cancer, crab; N.L. gen. masc. n. sanguinicancri, from the blood, hemolymph, of crabs [probably better: sanguiniscancri or cancrisanguinis]
Pronunciation, gender: san-gu͡i-ni-KAN-kri, neuter
Type strain: CAIM 1827; CECT 7579; DSM 24670; Mj110
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
GQ454928
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Gomez-Gil B, Roque A, Rotllant G, Romalde JL, Doce A, Eggermont M, Defoirdt T. Photobacterium sanguinicancri sp. nov. isolated from marine animals. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:817-825. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 171. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3761-3764.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n+". — 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 1 time 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
Parent taxon: Photobacterium Beijerinck 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Gomez-Gil B, Roque A, Rotllant G, Romalde JL, Doce A, Eggermont M, Defoirdt T. Photobacterium sanguinicancri sp. nov. isolated from marine animals. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:817-825. 🇲🇽
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Record number: 794460
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