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Species Vibrio paracholerae

Name: Vibrio paracholerae Islam et al. 2022

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ra.cho’le.rae. Gr. prep. para, alongside; L. gen. fem. n. cholerae, bilious disease; N.L. gen. fem. n. paracholerae, referring to the isolation of the type strain alongside Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: WI-bri-o pa-ra-KHO-le-ra͡e, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 75319; DSM 112460; EDC-792

Effective publication: Islam MT, Nasreen T, Kirchberger PC, Liang KYH, Orata FD, Johura FT, Hussain NAS, Im MS, Tarr CL, Alam M, et al. Population Analysis of Vibrio cholerae in Aquatic Reservoirs Reveals a Novel Sister Species (Vibrio paracholerae sp. nov.) with a History of Association with Humans. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:e0042221. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 203. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5167.

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, note = "T, V, 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 8 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: Islam MT, Nasreen T, Kirchberger PC, Liang KYH, Orata FD, Johura FT, Hussain NAS, Im MS, Tarr CL, Alam M, et al. Population Analysis of Vibrio cholerae in Aquatic Reservoirs Reveals a Novel Sister Species (Vibrio paracholerae sp. nov.) with a History of Association with Humans. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:e0042221. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 26655