Species Xenorhabdus luminescens

Name: Xenorhabdus luminescens Thomas and Poinar 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu.mi.nes’cens. N.L. part. adj. luminescens, luminescing, named for its luminescence

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 29999; CIP 106429; DSM 3368; Hb

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16S rRNA gene: X82248 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Thomas GM, Poinar Jr. GO. Xenorhabdus gen. nov., a genus of entomopathogenic nematophilic bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:352-360.

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: synonym

Correct name: Photorhabdus luminescens (Thomas and Poinar 1979) Boemare et al. 1993

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Photorhabdus luminescens (Thomas and Poinar 1979) Boemare et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Xenorhabdus luminescens 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 Xenorhabdus.
- 😷 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 = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n".
- 🎓 Name mentioned 50 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Xenorhabdus Thomas and Poinar 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Thomas GM, Poinar Jr. GO. Xenorhabdus gen. nov., a genus of entomopathogenic nematophilic bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:352-360.

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