Name: Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Schubert 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

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

Basonym: "Bacterium salmonicida" Lehmann and Neumann 1896

Etymology: sal.mo.ni.ci’da. L. masc. n. salmo (gen. salmonis), salmon; L. masc. n. suff. -cida, murderer, killer; from L. v. caedo, to cut or kill; N.L. masc. n. salmonicida, salmon-killer (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation, gender: sal-mo-ni-KI-da, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33658; CAIM 346; CIP 103209; DSM 18220; DSM 19634; HAMBI 1984; JCM 7874; LMG 3780; NCIMB 1102; NCMB 1102; NCTC 12959

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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

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. achromogenes (Smith 1963) Schubert 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) according to rule 40d. 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.
  • 😷 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: 3". — 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.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Griffin et al. 1953, 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 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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Record number: 783331