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Species Vibrio floridensis

Name: Vibrio floridensis Grant et al. 2023

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: flo.ri.den’sis. N.L. masc. adj. floridensis, pertaining to Florida

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: WI-bri-o flo-ri-DEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: IRLE0018; NCTC 14661; NRRL B-65642

16S rRNA gene: OM310777 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Grant TA, Jayakumar JM, Lopez-Perez M, Almagro-Moreno S. Vibrio floridensis sp. nov., a novel species closely related to the human pathogen Vibrio vulnificus isolated from a cyanobacterial bloom. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5675. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5862.

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. — 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 1 time 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. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Vibrio vulnificus (Reichelt et al. 1979) Farmer 1980. Publication: Farmer Iii JJ. Revival of the name Vibrio vulnificus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:656.

Parent taxon: Vibrio Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Grant TA, Jayakumar JM, Lopez-Perez M, Almagro-Moreno S. Vibrio floridensis sp. nov., a novel species closely related to the human pathogen Vibrio vulnificus isolated from a cyanobacterial bloom. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5675. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 36321

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