Name: Photorhabdus laumondii subsp. clarkei Machado et al. 2018

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: clar’ke.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. clarkei, of Clarke, to honor Professor Dr David Clarke for his contribution to Photorhabdus research

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BOJ-47; CCOS 1160; DSM 105531

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK039078 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Machado RAR, Wuthrich D, Kuhnert P, Arce CCM, Thonen L, Ruiz C, Zhang X, Robert CAM, Karimi J, Kamali S, et al. Whole-genome-based revisit of Photorhabdus phylogeny: proposal for the elevation of most Photorhabdus subspecies to the species level and description of one novel species Photorhabdus bodei sp. nov., and one novel subspecies Photorhabdus laumondii subsp. clarkei subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2664-2681.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3394-3396.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: CCOS 1159; DSM 105690.

Parent taxon: Photorhabdus laumondii (Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999) Machado et al. 2018

Assigned by: Machado RAR, Wuthrich D, Kuhnert P, Arce CCM, Thonen L, Ruiz C, Zhang X, Robert CAM, Karimi J, Kamali S, et al. Whole-genome-based revisit of Photorhabdus phylogeny: proposal for the elevation of most Photorhabdus subspecies to the species level and description of one novel species Photorhabdus bodei sp. nov., and one novel subspecies Photorhabdus laumondii subsp. clarkei subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2664-2681.

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Record number: 797738