Subspecies Phocoenobacter atlanticus subsp. cyclopteri

Name: Phocoenobacter atlanticus subsp. cyclopteri Nilsen et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: subspecies, subsp. nov.

Etymology: cy.clop’te.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. cyclopteri, of Cyclopterus, a fish genus from which the bacterium has been commonly isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: p^ho-ko͡e-no-BAK-ter a-TLAN-ti-kus ky-KLOP-te-ri, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 77521; NCIMB 15511; NVIO-9100

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ585696 Analyse FASTA

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)

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: CCUG 77520; NCIMB 15512.
  • 🙆 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.

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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