Name: Photorhabdus heterorhabditis Ferreira et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: he.te.ro.rhab’di.tis. N.L. gen. fem. n. heterorhabditis, of the nematode Heterorhabditis

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2479; DSM 25263; SF41

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK039068 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ferreira T, van Reenen CA, Endo A, Tailliez P, Pages S, Sproer C, Malan AP, Dicks LM. Photorhabdus heterorhabditis sp. nov., a symbiont of the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis zealandica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1540-1545.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2509-2511.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• 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 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 8 times 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 risk group of other species in the genus.

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 heterorhabditis subsp. aluminescens Machado et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photorhabdus heterorhabditis subsp. heterorhabditis (Ferreira et al. 2014) Machado et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Photorhabdus Boemare et al. 1993

Assigned by: Ferreira T, van Reenen CA, Endo A, Tailliez P, Pages S, Sproer C, Malan AP, Dicks LM. Photorhabdus heterorhabditis sp. nov., a symbiont of the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis zealandica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1540-1545.

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Record number: 791828