Name: Photorhabdus caribbeanensis (Tailliez et al. 2010) Machado et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. caribbeanensis Tailliez et al. 2010

Etymology: ca.rib.be.an.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. caribbeanensis, from the Caribbean islands (Guadeloupe), the source of the nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 109949; DSM 22391; HG29

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU930345 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. caribbeanensis Tailliez et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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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