Name: Aeromonas punctata subsp. punctata (Zimmermann 1890) Schubert 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: "Bacillus punctatus" Zimmermann 1890

Etymology: punc.ta’ta. L. neut. n. punctum, a point, small spot (also as adjective perfect participle); L. fem. adj. suff. -ata, suffix used in adjectives meaning provided with; N.L. fem. adj. punctata, full of points

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … punk-TA-ta, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 15468; CCUG 25939; DSM 7323

See detailed strain information at

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: orphaned subspecies (and not recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Aeromonas punctata subsp. caviae (Scherago 1936) Schubert 1964 (Approved Lists 1980) according to rule 40d. Publication: Schubert RHW. Zur Taxonomie der anaerogenen Aeromonaden. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I 1964; 193:343-352.
  • 😷 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. — 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.
  • 🙅 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 subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 Rejected name (Opinion 123). There are some problems with the type strain of Aeromonas punctata subsp. punctata (Zimmermann 1890) Snieszko 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). See: Aeromonas punctata (Zimmermann 1890) Snieszko 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Holmes B, Farmer Iii JJ. Correction of the type strain of Aeromonas punctata (Zimmermann 1890) Snieszko 1957 and of A. punctata subsp. punctata from ATCC 15468^T to NCMB 74^T (=NCIMB 74^T= ATCC 23309^T). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2155-2157. 🇬🇧
  • 🧍 The original authorship, (Zimmermann 1890) Snieszko 1957, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Garrity GM, Labeda DP, Oren A. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2775-2780. 🇺🇸

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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Record number: 783328