Name: Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. noenieputensis Ferreira et al. 2013

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: noe.nie.pu.ten’sis. N.L. fem. adj. noenieputensis, of or belonging to the settlement Noenieput, close to the Namibian border in South Africa, the location of the farm Springbokvlei, the source of the nematode (Malan et al., 2013)

Pronunciation, gender: no͡e-nie-pu-TEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: AM7; ATCC BAA-2407; DSM 25462

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK039084 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ferreira T, van Reenen C, Pages S, Tailliez P, Malan AP, Dicks LM. Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. noenieputensis subsp. nov., a symbiotic bacterium associated with a novel Heterorhabditis species related to Heterorhabditis indica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1853-1858.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2755-2756.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Photorhabdus noenieputensis (Ferreira et al. 2013) Machado et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Photorhabdus noenieputensis (Ferreira et al. 2013) Machado et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. noenieputensis 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n". — 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 other species in the genus.

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

Assigned by: Ferreira T, van Reenen C, Pages S, Tailliez P, Malan AP, Dicks LM. Photorhabdus luminescens subsp. noenieputensis subsp. nov., a symbiotic bacterium associated with a novel Heterorhabditis species related to Heterorhabditis indica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1853-1858.

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Record number: 790781