Species ***Vibrio* *metoecus***

Name: Vibrio metoecus Kirchberger et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: met.oe’cus. N.L. masc. adj. metoecus, non-resident, stranger; from Gr. masc./fem. n. metoikos

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: WI-bri-o met-O͡E-kus, masculine

Type strain: CIP 110643; LMG 27764; OP3H

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ647312 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kirchberger PC, Turnsek M, Hunt DE, Haley BJ, Colwell RR, Polz MF, Tarr CL, Boucher Y. Vibrio metoecus sp. nov., a close relative of Vibrio cholerae isolated from coastal brackish ponds and clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3208-3214. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3923-3925.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 16 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Vibrio cholerae Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Pacini F. Osservazione microscopiche e deduzioni patologiche sul cholera asiatico. Gazette Medicale de Italiana Toscano Firenze 1854; 6:405-412. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🫡 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 species itself. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Vibrio cholerae Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Pacini F. Osservazione microscopiche e deduzioni patologiche sul cholera asiatico. Gazette Medicale de Italiana Toscano Firenze 1854; 6:405-412. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Parent taxon: Vibrio Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kirchberger PC, Turnsek M, Hunt DE, Haley BJ, Colwell RR, Polz MF, Tarr CL, Boucher Y. Vibrio metoecus sp. nov., a close relative of Vibrio cholerae isolated from coastal brackish ponds and clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3208-3214. 🇨🇦

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Species Vibrio metoecus

Species ***Vibrio* *metoecus***