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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Photorhabdus temperata subsp. khanii Tailliez et al. 2010

Etymology: kha’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. khanii, in honour of A. Khan, who described the nematode Chromonema heliothidis Khan et al. 1976, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Poinar 1975, recovered from prepupal and pupal specimens of the corn earworm, Heliothis zea, from Clayton, North Carolina, 1971

Gender: feminine

Type strain: C1; CIP 109947; DSM 3369; NC19

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK039076 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 temperata subsp. khanii Tailliez et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Emendations:
  • Machado et al. 2019 Machado RAR, Bruno P, Arce CCM, Liechti N, Kohler A, Bernal J, Bruggmann R, Turlings TCJ. Photorhabdus khanii subsp. guanajuatensis subsp. nov., isolated from Heterorhabditis atacamensis, and Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. mexicana subsp. nov., isolated from Heterorhabditis mexicana entomopathogenic nematodes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:652-661. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1529-1530.

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 khanii subsp. khanii (Tailliez et al. 2010) Machado et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Photorhabdus khanii subsp. guanajuatensis Machado et al. 2019	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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