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. fem. part. adj. achromogenes, not producing color

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-k^hro-MO-ge-nes, feminine

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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". — 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 the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 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. See Minute 22. Publication: Holmes B. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF VIBRIONACEAE: Minutes of the meetings, 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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