Name: Aeromonas mytilicola subsp. aquatica Ajmi et al. 2025

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. aquatica, pertaining to water, aquatic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-KWA-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: A-8; DSM 117493; LMG 33537

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: PQ549963 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ajmi N, Duman M, Coskun B, Esen C, Sonmez O, et al. Unraveling genomic and pathogenic features of Aeromonas ichthyocola sp. nov., Aeromonas mytilicola sp. nov., and Aeromonas mytilicola subsp. aquatica subsp. nov. Animals 2025; 15:948. 🇹🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 224. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6801.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: in need of a replacement (and not recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
  • 🧍 Aeromonas mytilicola subsp. aquatica Ajmi et al. 2025 is illegitimate because it duplicates the epithet of Aeromonas aquatica Beaz-Hidalgo et al. 2015 (Rule 53). Publication: Beaz-Hidalgo R, Latif-Eugenin F, Hossain MJ, Berg K, Niemi RM, Rapala J, Lyra C, Liles MR, Figueras MJ. Aeromonas aquatica sp. nov., Aeromonas finlandiensis sp. nov. and Aeromonas lacus sp. nov. isolated from Finnish waters associated with cyanobacterial blooms. Syst Appl Microbiol 2015; 38:161-168. 🇪🇸

Parent taxon: Aeromonas mytilicola Ajmi et al. 2025

Assigned by: Ajmi N, Duman M, Coskun B, Esen C, Sonmez O, et al. Unraveling genomic and pathogenic features of Aeromonas ichthyocola sp. nov., Aeromonas mytilicola sp. nov., and Aeromonas mytilicola subsp. aquatica subsp. nov. Animals 2025; 15:948. 🇹🇷

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Record number: 64566