Name: Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. achromogenes (Smith 1963) Schubert 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Necromonas achromogenes" Smith 1963

Etymology: a.chro.mo.ge.nes. Gr. masc./fem. adj. achrômos, colorless; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. part. adj. achromogenes, not producing color

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33659; CIP 104001; DSM 21281; HAMBI 1990; JCM 7875; LMG 14900; NCIMB 1110; NCMB 1110

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16S rRNA gene: X60407 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schubert RHW. The taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus Aeromonas. Part II. Suggestions on the taxonomy and nomenclature of the anaerogenic aeromonads. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1967; 17:273-279.

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: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Necromonas achromogenes" Smith 1963	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "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 = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t2".
  • 🧍 Preliminary results of a study by Y. Kosako indicate that the subspecies Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. achromogenes (Smith 1963) Schubert 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) is not a subspecies but only a biovar. 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.

Parent taxon: Aeromonas salmonicida (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Griffin et al. 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Schubert RHW. The taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus Aeromonas. Part II. Suggestions on the taxonomy and nomenclature of the anaerogenic aeromonads. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1967; 17:273-279.

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