Name: Photorhabdus noenieputensis (Ferreira et al. 2013) Machado et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. noenieputensis Ferreira et al. 2013

Etymology: noe.nie.pu.ten’sis. N.L. fem. adj. noenieputensis, of or belonging to the settlement Noenieput, close to the Namibian border in South Africa, the location of the farm Springbokvlei, the source of the nematode where this strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: p^ho-to-R^HAB-dus no͡e-nie-pu-TEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: AM7; ATCC BAA-2407; DSM 25462

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK039084 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. noenieputensis Ferreira et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🫡 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. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Photorhabdus luminescens (Thomas and Poinar 1979) Boemare et al. 1993. Publication: Boemare NE, Akhurst RJ, Mourant RG. DNA relatedness between Xenorhabdus spp. (Enterobacteriaceae), symbiotic bacteria of entomopathogenic nematodes, and a proposal to transfer Xenorhabdus luminescens to a new genus, Photorhabdus gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:249-255. 🇫🇷 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:625.

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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