Species Photorhabdus aegyptia

Name: Photorhabdus aegyptia Machado et al. 2021

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ae.gyp’ti.a. N.L. fem. adj. aegyptia, pertaining to Egypt, the country where the entomopathogenic nematodes that host the type strain were originally collected

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: p^ho-to-R^HAB-dus a͡e-GYP-ti-a, feminine

Type strain: BA1; CCOS 1943; DMS 111180; LMG 31957

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT355495 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Machado RAR, Muller A, Ghazal SM, Thanwisai A, Pages S, Bode HB, Hussein MA, Khalil KM, Tisa LS. Photorhabdus heterorhabditis subsp. aluminescens subsp. nov., Photorhabdus heterorhabditis subsp. heterorhabditis subsp. nov., Photorhabdus australis subsp. thailandensis subsp. nov., Photorhabdus australis subsp. australis subsp. nov., and Photorhabdus aegyptia sp. nov. isolated from Heterorhabditis entomopathogenic nematodes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4610. 🇨🇭

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4725.

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, 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 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Photorhabdus Boemare et al. 1993

Assigned by: Machado RAR, Muller A, Ghazal SM, Thanwisai A, Pages S, Bode HB, Hussein MA, Khalil KM, Tisa LS. Photorhabdus heterorhabditis subsp. aluminescens subsp. nov., Photorhabdus heterorhabditis subsp. heterorhabditis subsp. nov., Photorhabdus australis subsp. thailandensis subsp. nov., Photorhabdus australis subsp. australis subsp. nov., and Photorhabdus aegyptia sp. nov. isolated from Heterorhabditis entomopathogenic nematodes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4610. 🇨🇭

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Record number: 17584