Subspecies Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae

Name: Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae corrig. (Love et al. 1982) Gauthier et al. 1995

Category: Subspecies

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

Basonym: Vibrio damsela Love et al. 1982

Etymology: dam’se.lae. N.L. fem. n. damsela, derived from the modern zoological term damselfish; N.L. gen. fem. n. damselae, of damselfish

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pho-to-bak-TE-ri-um DAM-se-la͡e DAM-se-la͡e, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33539; CAIM 331; CCUG 13626; CDC 2588-80; CIP 102761; DSM 7482; IFO 15633; LMG 7892; NBRC 15633; NCTC 11647

Valid publication: Gauthier G, Lafay B, Ruimy R, Breittmayer V, Nicolas JL, Gauthier M, Christen R. Small-subunit rRNA sequences and whole DNA relatedness concur for the reassignment of Pasteurella piscicida (Snieszko et al.) Janssen and Surgalla to the genus Photobacterium as Photobacterium damsela subsp. piscicida comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:139-144. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

Parent taxon: Photobacterium damselae corrig. (Love et al. 1982) Smith et al. 1991

Assigned by: Gauthier G, Lafay B, Ruimy R, Breittmayer V, Nicolas JL, Gauthier M, Christen R. Small-subunit rRNA sequences and whole DNA relatedness concur for the reassignment of Pasteurella piscicida (Snieszko et al.) Janssen and Surgalla to the genus Photobacterium as Photobacterium damsela subsp. piscicida comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:139-144. 🇫🇷

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