Species ***Vibrio* *metschnikovii***

Name: Vibrio metschnikovii Gamaleia 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. metschnikovii, of Metschnikoff, named to honor E. Metschnikoff, a Russian biologist

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700040; CIP 69.14; DSM 19132; JCM 21189; LMG 11664; NBRC 103153; NCTC 8443

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681962 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gamaleia MN. Vibrio metschnikovi (n. sp.) et ses rapports avec le microbe du choléra asiatique. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1888; 2:482-488.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

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 Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 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 63 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Vibrio Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gamaleia MN. Vibrio metschnikovi (n. sp.) et ses rapports avec le microbe du choléra asiatique. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1888; 2:482-488.

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Record number: 785158

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Species Vibrio metschnikovii

Species ***Vibrio* *metschnikovii***