Name: Aeromonas punctata subsp. caviae (Scherago 1936) Schubert 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Pseudomonas caviae" Scherago 1936

Etymology: ca’vi.ae. N.L. fem. n. Cavia, generic name of a guinea pig; L. gen. fem. n. caviae, of Cavia, of a guinea pig

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 15468; CCUG 25939; DSM 7323

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X60408 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schubert RHW. Zur Taxonomie der anaerogenen Aeromonaden. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I 1964; 193:343-352.

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, rejected name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aeromonas caviae (Scherago 1936) Popoff 1984

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aeromonas punctata (Zimmermann 1890) Snieszko 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, rejected name, distinct rank
    "Bacillus punctatus" Zimmermann 1890	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists, distinct rank
    "Pseudomonas caviae" Scherago 1936	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists, distinct rank
    Aeromonas hydrophila subsp. anaerogenes Schubert 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aeromonas caviae (Scherago 1936) Popoff 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Huys et al. (2002), this subspecies is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Aeromonas hydrophila subsp. anaerogenes Schubert 1964 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Huys G, Kampfer P, Albert MJ, Kuhn I, Denys R, Swings J. Aeromonas hydrophila subsp. dhakensis subsp. nov., isolated from children with diarrhoea in Bangladesh, and extended description of Aeromonas hydrophila subsp. hydrophila (Chester 1901) Stanier 1943 (approved lists 1980). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:705-712.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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 = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".
  • 🧍 Rejected name (Opinion 123). Aeromonas punctata subsp. caviae (Scherago 1936) Schubert 1964 (Approved Lists 1980), Aeromonas punctata (Zimmermann 1890) Snieszko 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) and Aeromonas caviae (ex Eddy 1962) Popoff 1984 have the same type strain! In the eighth edition of the Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology [1], the type strain of Aeromonas punctata subsp. caviae is ATCC 15468 and the type strain of Aeromonas punctata is given as "Neotype strain NCMB 74" (at the present time, the strain NCMB 74 = ATCC 23309 is the type strain of Aeromonas eucrenophila Schubert and Hegazi 1988 emend. Huys et al. 1997). In 1986, in 1990, in 1994 and in 1998, the Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Vibrionaceae considered that a request should be made to the Judicial Commission to correct the type strain of Aeromonas punctata [2, 3, 4, 5]. However, this happened not before 2020. Publication: Farmer JJ, Holmes B. Conservation of the name Aeromonas eucrenophila over the name Aeromonas punctata for the organism based on type stain NCMB 74^T and universally defined as 'Aeromonas DNA hybridization group 6'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2158-2162.
  • 🧍 Aeromonas punctata subsp. caviae (Scherago 1936) Schubert 1964 (Approved Lists 1980), Aeromonas punctata (Zimmermann 1890) Snieszko 1957 (Approved Lists 1980) and Aeromonas caviae (ex Eddy 1962) Popoff 1984 have the same type strain! In the eighth edition of the Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology [1], the type strain of Aeromonas punctata subsp. caviae is ATCC 15468 and the type strain of Aeromonas punctata is given as "Neotype strain NCMB 74" (at the present time, the strain NCMB 74 ATCC 23309 is the type strain of Aeromonas eucrenophila Schubert and Hegazi 1988 emend. Huys et al. 1997). Publication: Schubert RHW. Genus II. Aeromonas Kluyver and van Niel 1936, 398. In: Buchanan RE, Gibbons NE (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, eighth edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1974, p. 345-348.
  • 🧍 In 1986, in 1990, in 1994 and in 1998, the Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Vibrionaceae considered that a request should be made to the Judicial Commission to correct the type strain of Aeromonas punctata [2, 3, 4, 5]. However, no request for an opinion has been published. Publication: Farmer JJ. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF VIBRIONACEAE: Minutes of the meetings, 8 and 11 September 1986, Manchester, England. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:210-212.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Holmes B. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF VIBRIONACEAE: Minutes of the meetings (Minute 22), 4 and 7 July 1994, Prague, Czech republic. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1467-1469.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Nair GB, Holmes B. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF VIBRIONACEAE: Minutes of the closed meeting, 19 May 1998, Atlanta, GA, USA. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:1945-1947.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Holmes B. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF VIBRIONACEAE: Minutes of the meetings, 18 and 20 September 1990, Osaka, Japan. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1992; 42:199-201.

Parent taxon: Aeromonas punctata (Zimmermann 1890) Snieszko 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Schubert RHW. Zur Taxonomie der anaerogenen Aeromonaden. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I 1964; 193:343-352.

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