Name: Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. mexicana Machado et al. 2019

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: me.xi.ca’na. N.L. fem. adj. mexicana, from Mexico, where the nematodes hosting the type strain were isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCOS 1199; LMG 30528; MEX47-22

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16S rRNA gene: PUJX01000105 Analyse FASTA

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. 🇨🇭

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1529-1530.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

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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Record number: 800147