Name: Photorhabdus asymbiotica subsp. australis Akhurst et al. 2004

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: aus.tra’lis. L. fem. adj. australis, southern, this subspecies was detected in the southern hemisphere

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a͡us-TRA-lis, feminine

Type strain: ACM 5210; CIP 108025; DSM 17609; strain 9802892

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY280572 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Akhurst RJ, Boemare NE, Janssen PH, Peel MM, Alfredson DA, Beard CE. Taxonomy of Australian clinical isolates of the genus Photorhabdus and proposal of Photorhabdus asymbiotica subsp. asymbiotica subsp. nov. and P. asymbiotica subsp. australis subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1301-1310. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1911-1913.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Photorhabdus australis (Akhurst et al. 2004) Machado et al. 2018

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Photorhabdus australis (Akhurst et al. 2004) Machado et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Photorhabdus asymbiotica subsp. australis is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Photorhabdus asymbiotica within a separate genus Photorhabdus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Photorhabdus asymbiotica Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999

Assigned by: Akhurst RJ, Boemare NE, Janssen PH, Peel MM, Alfredson DA, Beard CE. Taxonomy of Australian clinical isolates of the genus Photorhabdus and proposal of Photorhabdus asymbiotica subsp. asymbiotica subsp. nov. and P. asymbiotica subsp. australis subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1301-1310. 🇦🇺

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