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Species Vibrio viscosus

Name: Vibrio viscosus Lunder et al. 2000

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: vis.co’sus. L. masc. adj. viscosus, viscous, because of its thread-forming, adherent colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: WI-bri-o wis-KO-sus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-105; DSM 25798; NCIMB 13584; NVI 88/478

16S rRNA gene: AJ132226 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Lunder T, Sorum H, Holstad G, Steigerwalt AG, Mowinckel P, Brenner DJ. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Vibrio viscosus sp. nov. and Vibrio wodanis sp. nov. isolated from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) with 'winter ulcer'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:427-450. 🇳🇴

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Moritella viscosa (Lunder et al. 2000) Benediktsdóttir et al. 2000

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Vibrio viscosus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Vibrio.
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t2". — 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 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Vibrio Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lunder T, Sorum H, Holstad G, Steigerwalt AG, Mowinckel P, Brenner DJ. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Vibrio viscosus sp. nov. and Vibrio wodanis sp. nov. isolated from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) with 'winter ulcer'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:427-450. 🇳🇴

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Record number: 785178