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Species Vibrio parahaemolyticus
Name: Vibrio parahaemolyticus (Fujino et al. 1951) Sakazaki et al. 1963 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Pasteurella parahaemolytica" Fujino et al. 1951
Etymology: Gr. prep. para, by the side of, beside; Gr. neut. n. haîma, blood; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. parahaemolyticus, similar to (Pasteurella) haemolytica (now Mannheimia haemolytica)
Type strain: ATCC 17802; CAIM 320; CCUG 14474; CCUG 15657; CCUG 4224; CIP 75.02; DSM 10027; IFO 12711; LMG 2850; NBIMCC 8743; NBRC 12711; NCCB 77010; NCCB 77018; NCTC 10903; NRRL B-4167
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF388386
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Sakazaki R, Iwanami S, Fukumi H. STUDIES ON THE ENTEROPATHOGENIC, FACULTATIVELY HALOPHILIC BACTERIA, VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS. I. MORPHOLOGICAL, CULTURAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND ITS TAXONOMICAL POSITION. Jpn J Med Sci Biol 1963; 16:161-188. 
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)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Beneckea parahaemolytica (Fujino et al. 1951) Baumann et al. 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Pasteurella parahaemolytica" Fujino et al. 1951 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
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Emendations:
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West et al. 1986
West PA, Brayton PR, Bryant TN, Colwell RR. Numerical taxonomy of vibrios isolated from aquatic environments. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:531-543.
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West et al. 1986
West PA, Brayton PR, Bryant TN, Colwell RR. Numerical taxonomy of vibrios isolated from aquatic environments. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:531-543.
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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 = "T3SS2 and TDH/TRH negative strains: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1; default: 2 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". — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. 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 4691 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.
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🧍 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.
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🧍 On the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names, this nomenclatural name is incorrectly cited as Vibrio parahaemolyticus Sakazaki et al. 1963 (sic).
Publication:
Hill LR, Skerman VBD, Sneath PHA. Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:508-511.
Parent taxon: Vibrio Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Sakazaki R, Iwanami S, Fukumi H. STUDIES ON THE ENTEROPATHOGENIC, FACULTATIVELY HALOPHILIC BACTERIA, VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS. I. MORPHOLOGICAL, CULTURAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND ITS TAXONOMICAL POSITION. Jpn J Med Sci Biol 1963; 16:161-188.
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Record number: 783021
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