Name: Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. akhurstii Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: ak.hurs’tii. N.L. gen. masc. n. akhurstii, of Akhurst, referring to R. Akhurst, a major contributor to the bacteriological symbionts of entomopathogenic nematodes

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 105564; DSM 15138; FRG04

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16S rRNA gene: AJ007359 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fischer-Le Saux M, Viallard V, Brunel B, Normand P, Boemare NE. Polyphasic classification of the genus Photorhabdus and proposal of new taxa: P. luminescens subsp. luminescens subsp. nov., P. luminescens subsp. akhurstii subsp. nov., P. luminescens subsp. laumondii subsp. nov., P. temperata sp. nov., P. temperata subsp. temperata subsp. nov. and P. asymbiotica sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1645-1656.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Photorhabdus akhurstii (Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999) Machado et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Photorhabdus akhurstii (Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999) Machado et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. akhurstii 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 luminescens within a separate genus Photorhabdus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n".

Parent taxon: Photorhabdus luminescens (Thomas and Poinar 1979) Boemare et al. 1993

Assigned by: Fischer-Le Saux M, Viallard V, Brunel B, Normand P, Boemare NE. Polyphasic classification of the genus Photorhabdus and proposal of new taxa: P. luminescens subsp. luminescens subsp. nov., P. luminescens subsp. akhurstii subsp. nov., P. luminescens subsp. laumondii subsp. nov., P. temperata sp. nov., P. temperata subsp. temperata subsp. nov. and P. asymbiotica sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1645-1656.

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