Name: Photorhabdus stackebrandtii (An and Grewal 2011) Machado et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Photorhabdus temperata subsp. stackebrandtii An and Grewal 2011

Etymology: stac.ke.brand’ti.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. stackebrandtii, of Stackebrandt, this species is named after Dr Erko Stackebrandt in recognition of his contributions to bacteriology

Pronunciation, gender: stak-ke-BRAND-ti-i, feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2077; DSM 23271; GPS11

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF467859 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 temperata subsp. stackebrandtii An and Grewal 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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.

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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Record number: 798522