Species ***Vibrio* *inusitatus***

Name: Vibrio inusitatus Sawabe et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.u.si.ta’tus. L. masc. adj. inusitatus, unusual, uncommon

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … in-u-si-TA-tus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 19661; LMG 23434; NBRC 102082; RW14

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681694 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sawabe T, Fujimura Y, Niwa K, Aono H. Vibrio comitans sp. nov., Vibrio rarus sp. nov. and Vibrio inusitatus sp. nov., from the gut of the abalones Haliotis discus discus, H. gigantea, H. madaka and H. rufescens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:916-922. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1675-1676.

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 2 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.

Parent taxon: Vibrio Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sawabe T, Fujimura Y, Niwa K, Aono H. Vibrio comitans sp. nov., Vibrio rarus sp. nov. and Vibrio inusitatus sp. nov., from the gut of the abalones Haliotis discus discus, H. gigantea, H. madaka and H. rufescens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:916-922. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 786269

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Species Vibrio inusitatus

Species ***Vibrio* *inusitatus***