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Species Vibrio coralliilyticus

Name: Vibrio coralliilyticus Ben-Haim et al. 2003

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: co.ral.li.i.ly’ti.cus. L. neut. n. corallium, coral; Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. coralliilyticus, coral-dissolving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: WI-bri-o ko-ral-li-i-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-450; CAIM 616; DSM 19607; LMG 20984; YB1

16S rRNA gene: AJ440005 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Ben-Haim Y, Thompson FL, Thompson CC, Cnockaert MC, Hoste B, Swings J, Rosenberg E. Vibrio coralliilyticus sp. nov., a temperature-dependent pathogen of the coral Pocillopora damicornis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:309-315. 🇮🇱

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:629-630.

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 2026-08-13. 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 160 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 the genus.
    • 🧍 Vibrio coralliilyticus Ben-Haim et al. 2003 was previously known as Vibrio sp. YB1 or Vibrio coralyticus Ben-Haim and Rosenberg 2002. Publication: Rosenberg E, Ben-Haim Y. Microbial diseases of corals and global warming. Environ Microbiol 2002; 4:318-326. 🇮🇱

Parent taxon: Vibrio Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ben-Haim Y, Thompson FL, Thompson CC, Cnockaert MC, Hoste B, Swings J, Rosenberg E. Vibrio coralliilyticus sp. nov., a temperature-dependent pathogen of the coral Pocillopora damicornis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:309-315. 🇮🇱

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Record number: 785147