Name: Photorhabdus akhurstii (Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999) Machado et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. akhurstii Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999

Etymology: ak.hurs’tii. N.L. gen. masc. n. akhurstii, of Akhurst, referring to Raymond J. Akhurst, a major contributor to the bacteriological symbionts of entomopathogenic nematodes

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 105564; DSM 15138; FRG04

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ007359 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Machado RAR, Wuthrich D, Kuhnert P, Arce CCM, Thonen L, Ruiz C, Zhang X, Robert CAM, Karimi J, Kamali S, et al. Whole-genome-based revisit of Photorhabdus phylogeny: proposal for the elevation of most Photorhabdus subspecies to the species level and description of one novel species Photorhabdus bodei sp. nov., and one novel subspecies Photorhabdus laumondii subsp. clarkei subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2664-2681.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3394-3396.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. akhurstii Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Emendations:
  • Machado et al. 2021 Machado RAR, Somvanshi VS, Muller A, Kushwah J, Bhat CG. Photorhabdus hindustanensis sp. nov., Photorhabdus akhurstii subsp. akhurstii subsp. nov., and Photorhabdus akhurstii subsp. bharatensis subsp. nov., isolated from Heterorhabditis entomopathogenic nematodes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4998. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5130.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Photorhabdus akhurstii subsp. bharatensis Machado et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photorhabdus akhurstii subsp. akhurstii (Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999) Machado et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Photorhabdus Boemare et al. 1993

Assigned by: Machado RAR, Wuthrich D, Kuhnert P, Arce CCM, Thonen L, Ruiz C, Zhang X, Robert CAM, Karimi J, Kamali S, et al. Whole-genome-based revisit of Photorhabdus phylogeny: proposal for the elevation of most Photorhabdus subspecies to the species level and description of one novel species Photorhabdus bodei sp. nov., and one novel subspecies Photorhabdus laumondii subsp. clarkei subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2664-2681.

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Record number: 798512