Name: Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. smithia Austin et al. 1989

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. smithia, pertaining to Smith, named after Isabel W. Smith

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 138; ATCC 49393; CCM 4103; CIP 104757; DSM 21293

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16S rRNA gene: AJ009859 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Austin DA, McIntosh D, Austin B. Taxonomy of fish associated Aeromonas spp., with the description of Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. smithia subsp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 11:277-290.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• 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".

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

Assigned by: Austin DA, McIntosh D, Austin B. Taxonomy of fish associated Aeromonas spp., with the description of Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. smithia subsp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 11:277-290.

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Record number: 783332