Species ***Vibrio* *tubiashii***

Name: Vibrio tubiashii Hada et al. 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tu.bi.a’shi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. tubiashii, of Tubiash, named to honor H.S. Tubiash who first isolated the organism

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: WI-bri-o tu-bi-A-s͡hi-i, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 19109; CAIM 313; CCUG 38428; CCUG 38429; CIP 102760; DSM 19142; IFO 15644; LMG 10936; NBRC 15644

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16S rRNA gene: AB680929 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hada HS, West PA, Lee JV, Stemmler J, Colwell RR. Vibrio tubiashii sp. nov. a pathogen of bivalve mollusks. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:1-4. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Emendations:
- Prado et al. 2015 Prado S, Dubert J, Barja JL. Characterization of pathogenic vibrios isolated from bivalve hatcheries in Galicia, NW Atlantic coast of Spain. Description of Vibrio tubiashii subsp. europaeus [corrected] subsp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:26-29. 🇪🇸 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 24. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2469-2470.
- Dubert et al. 2016 Dubert J, Romalde JL, Spinard EJ, Nelson DR, Gomez-Chiarri M, Barja JL. Reclassification of the larval pathogen for marine bivalves Vibrio tubiashii subsp. europaeus as Vibrio europaeus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4791-4796. 🇪🇸 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:179-182.

Notes:
- 😷 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 = 1, note = "PI". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n2". — 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 61 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Vibrio tubiashii subsp. europaensis" Prado et al. 2015	not validly published	synonym
Vibrio tubiashii subsp. europaeus Prado et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Vibrio tubiashii subsp. tubiashii (Hada et al. 1984) Prado et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym of its species

Parent taxon: Vibrio Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hada HS, West PA, Lee JV, Stemmler J, Colwell RR. Vibrio tubiashii sp. nov. a pathogen of bivalve mollusks. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:1-4. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 785177

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Species Vibrio tubiashii

Species ***Vibrio* *tubiashii***