Name: Photorhabdus australis (Akhurst et al. 2004) Machado et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Photorhabdus asymbiotica subsp. australis Akhurst et al. 2004

Etymology: aus.tra’lis. L. masc./fem. adj. australis, southern, this species was detected in the southern hemisphere

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ACM 5210; CIP 108025; DSM 17609; strain 9802892

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY280572 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 asymbiotica subsp. australis Akhurst et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Emendations:
  • Machado et al. 2021 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. 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.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09735 (N = 4).
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Photorhabdus asymbiotica subsp. australis Akhurst et al. 2004, which has a risk group (Germany) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

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 australis subsp. australis (Akhurst et al. 2004) Machado et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photorhabdus australis subsp. thailandensis 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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