Name: Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida corrig. (ex Janssen and Surgalla 1968) Gauthier et al. 1995

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: pi.sci.ci.da. L. gen. masc. n. piscis, a fish; L. masc. n. suff. -cida, murderer, killer; from L. v. caedo, to cut or kill; N.L. masc. n. piscicida, fish killer (nominative in apposition)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51736; CIP 104404; DSM 22834; NCIMB 2058

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16S rRNA gene: X78105 Analyse FASTA

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

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Photobacterium damsela subsp. piscicida (ex Janssen and Surgalla 1968) Gauthier et al. 1995	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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".
  • 🧍 Listed as damsela in the notification list. Publication: 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.
  • 🧍 Nom. rev. / basonym "Pasteurella piscicida"; nom. corrig.: IJSB 47:908; Photobacterium damsela subsp. piscicida (sic). Publication: Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: Necessary correction of specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:908-909.
  • 🧍 Based on phenotypic characterization, Photobacterium damsela subsp. piscicida corrig. (ex Janssen and Surgalla 1968) Gauthier et al. 1995 is more related to Photobacterium angustum Reichelt et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980) and Photobacterium leiognathi Boisvert et al. 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) than to Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae corrig. (Love et al. 1982) Smith et al. 1991 [1]. Because results obtained by phenotypic analyses are not in accordance with those of genotypic analyses performed by Gauthier et al. [2], further studies should be undertaken to unravel the taxonomic position of this taxon [1]. Publication: Boisvert H, Chatelain R, Bassot JM. [Study on a Photobacterium isolated from the light organ of the Leiognathidae fish]. Ann Inst Pasteur (Paris) 1967; 112:521-525.
  • 🧍 See also: 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.
  • 🧍 Snieszko et al. 1964, placed this bacterium in the genus Pasteurella without a specific designation. The name "Pasteurella piscicida" was later proposed by Janssen and Surgalla 1968. Consequently, the correct citation is Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida corrig. (ex Janssen and Surgalla 1968) Gauthier et al. 1995, not Photobacterium damsela subsp. piscicida (sic) (ex Snieszko et al. 1964) Gauthier et al. 1995, as cited in the paper by Gauthier et al. 1995. Publication: Thyssen A, Grisez L, van Houdt R, Ollevier F. Phenotypic characterization of the marine pathogen Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1145-1151.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, damsela (sic), has been corrected by Trüper and De' Clari 1997. Publication: Trüper HG, De' Clari L. Taxonomic note: Necessary correction of specific epithets formed as substantives (nouns) "in apposition". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:908-909.

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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