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Subspecies Phocoenobacter atlanticus subsp. atlanticus
Name: Phocoenobacter atlanticus subsp. atlanticus Nilsen et al. 2025
Etymology: a.tlan’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. atlanticus, referring to the Atlantic Ocean, the known habitat of affected fish species
Pronunciation, gender: a-TLAN-ti-kus, masculine
Type strain: CCUG 77520; NCIMB 15512; NVIB 3624
Valid publication:
Nilsen HK, Olsen AB, Birkbeck TH, Manji F, Colquhoun DJ, Gulla S. Reclassification of Pasteurella skyensis as Phocoenobacter skyensis comb. nov. and description of Phocoenobacter atlanticus sp. nov. isolated from diseased Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus), with subdivision into Phocoenobacter atlanticus subspecies atlanticus subsp. nov. and Phocoenobacter atlanticus subspecies cyclopteri subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6729. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6792.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
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🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Phocoenobacter atlanticus subsp. cyclopteri Nilsen et al. 2025 but an explicit description was also provided.
Publication:
Nilsen HK, Olsen AB, Birkbeck TH, Manji F, Colquhoun DJ, Gulla S. Reclassification of Pasteurella skyensis as Phocoenobacter skyensis comb. nov. and description of Phocoenobacter atlanticus sp. nov. isolated from diseased Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus), with subdivision into Phocoenobacter atlanticus subspecies atlanticus subsp. nov. and Phocoenobacter atlanticus subspecies cyclopteri subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6729.
- 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
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🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Phocoenobacter atlanticus subsp. cyclopteri Nilsen et al. 2025 but an explicit description was also provided.
Publication:
Nilsen HK, Olsen AB, Birkbeck TH, Manji F, Colquhoun DJ, Gulla S. Reclassification of Pasteurella skyensis as Phocoenobacter skyensis comb. nov. and description of Phocoenobacter atlanticus sp. nov. isolated from diseased Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus), with subdivision into Phocoenobacter atlanticus subspecies atlanticus subsp. nov. and Phocoenobacter atlanticus subspecies cyclopteri subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6729.
Parent taxon: Phocoenobacter atlanticus Nilsen et al. 2025
Assigned by:
Nilsen HK, Olsen AB, Birkbeck TH, Manji F, Colquhoun DJ, Gulla S. Reclassification of Pasteurella skyensis as Phocoenobacter skyensis comb. nov. and description of Phocoenobacter atlanticus sp. nov. isolated from diseased Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus), with subdivision into Phocoenobacter atlanticus subspecies atlanticus subsp. nov. and Phocoenobacter atlanticus subspecies cyclopteri subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6729.
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Record number: 64895
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