Species Vibrio damsela

Name: Vibrio damsela Love et al. 1982

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. damsela, derived from the modern zoological term damselfish

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 33539; CAIM 331; CCUG 13626; CDC 2588-80; CIP 102761; DSM 7482; IFO 15633; LMG 7892; NBRC 15633; NCTC 11647

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16S rRNA gene: AB032015 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Love M, Teebken-Fisher D, Hose JE, Farmer JJ, Hickman FW, Fanning GR. Vibrio damsela, a Marine Bacterium, Causes Skin Ulcers on the Damselfish Chromis punctipinnis. Science 1981; 214:1139-1140.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 8. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:266-268.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Vibrio damselae corrig. Love et al. 1982

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Photobacterium damselae corrig. (Love et al. 1982) Smith et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Photobacterium histaminum Okuzumi et al. 1994	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Listonella damselae corrig. (Love et al. 1982) MacDonell and Colwell 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Listonella damsela (Love et al. 1982) MacDonell and Colwell 1986	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
Photobacterium damsela (Love et al. 1982) Smith et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
Vibrio damselae corrig. Love et al. 1982	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Kimura et al. (2000), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Photobacterium histaminum Okuzumi et al. 1994. Publication: Kimura B, Hokimoto S, Takahashi H, Fujii T. Photobacterium histaminum Okuzumi et al. 1994 is a later subjective synonym of Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae (Love et al. 1981) Smith et al. 1991. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1339-1342. 🇯🇵
- 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: ATCC 51805; JCM 8968.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - human: T - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Z". — 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 51 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 Correction of species epithet damselae to damsela according to correction of Photobacterium damselae has never been formally proposed. Publication: Smith SK, Sutton DC, Fuerst JA, Reichelt JL. Evaluation of the genus Listonella and reassignment of Listonella damsela (Love et al.) MacDonell and Colwell to the genus Photobacterium as Photobacterium damsela comb. nov. with an emended description. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:529-534. 🇦🇺
- 🧍 The specific epithet damsela (sic) has been corrected in the new combination Photobacterium damselae [see, Photobacterium damselae corrig. (Love et al. 1982) Smith et al. 1991, comb. nov.,]. However the name "Vibrio damselae" corrig. has never been formally proposed before December 14, 2000 (date of publication of the amended Rule 61; see Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, page 2239, column 2). Consequently, in the "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature", the epithet damsela (sic) has been maintained for Vibrio damsela. — According to the "Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Aeromonadaceae, Vibrionaceae and related organisms", the use of the specific epithet "damselae" in “Vibrio damselae” is a source of confusion. Publication: Farmer Iii JJ, Holmes B. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Aeromonadaceae, Vibrionaceae and related organisms. Minutes of the Meetings, 25 July 2005, San Francisco, CA, USA. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2009; 59:2633-2637. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Vibrio Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Love M, Teebken-Fisher D, Hose JE, Farmer JJ, Hickman FW, Fanning GR. Vibrio damsela, a Marine Bacterium, Causes Skin Ulcers on the Damselfish Chromis punctipinnis. Science 1981; 214:1139-1140.

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