Name: Providencia vermicola Somvanshi et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ver.mi’co.la. L. masc. n. vermis, worm; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. vermicola, inhabitant of worms (Steinernema thermophilum)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wer-MI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: CIP 108829; DSM 17385; OP1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MG696821 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Somvanshi VS, Lang E, Straubler B, Sproer C, Schumann P, Ganguly S, Saxena AK, Stackebrandt E. Providencia vermicola sp. nov., isolated from infective juveniles of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema thermophilum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:629-633. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1181-1182.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 41 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 the genus.
  • 🧍 See also Andolfo et al. (2021). Publication: Andolfo G, Schuster C, Gharsa HB, Ruocco M, Leclerque A. Genomic analysis of the nomenclatural type strain of the nematode-associated entomopathogenic bacterium Providencia vermicola. BMC Genomics 2021; 22:708. 🇮🇹

Parent taxon: Providencia Ewing 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Somvanshi VS, Lang E, Straubler B, Sproer C, Schumann P, Ganguly S, Saxena AK, Stackebrandt E. Providencia vermicola sp. nov., isolated from infective juveniles of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema thermophilum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:629-633. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 779893