Name: Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. luminescens (Thomas and Poinar 1979) Machado et al. 2019

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Basonym: Xenorhabdus luminescens Thomas and Poinar 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: lu.mi.nes’cens. N.L. part. adj. luminescens, luminescing, for its bioluminescence

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 29999; CIP 106429; DSM 3368; Hb

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Valid publication: Machado RAR, Bruno P, Arce CCM, Liechti N, Kohler A, Bernal J, Bruggmann R, Turlings TCJ. Photorhabdus khanii subsp. guanajuatensis subsp. nov., isolated from Heterorhabditis atacamensis, and Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. mexicana subsp. nov., isolated from Heterorhabditis mexicana entomopathogenic nematodes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:652-661.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. luminescens (Thomas and Poinar 1979) Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. luminescens (Thomas and Poinar 1979) Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. mexicana Machado et al. 2019 but an explicit description was also provided. Publication: Machado RAR, Bruno P, Arce CCM, Liechti N, Kohler A, Bernal J, Bruggmann R, Turlings TCJ. Photorhabdus khanii subsp. guanajuatensis subsp. nov., isolated from Heterorhabditis atacamensis, and Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. mexicana subsp. nov., isolated from Heterorhabditis mexicana entomopathogenic nematodes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:652-661.
  • 😷 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".
  • 🧍 Later isonym of Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. luminescens (Thomas and Poinar 1979) Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999. 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.
  • 🧍 This name was not found in the expected IJSEM notification list.

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

Assigned by: Machado RAR, Bruno P, Arce CCM, Liechti N, Kohler A, Bernal J, Bruggmann R, Turlings TCJ. Photorhabdus khanii subsp. guanajuatensis subsp. nov., isolated from Heterorhabditis atacamensis, and Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. mexicana subsp. nov., isolated from Heterorhabditis mexicana entomopathogenic nematodes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:652-661.

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