Name: Photorhabdus temperata subsp. temperata (Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999) Tóth and Lakatos 2008

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: Photorhabdus temperata Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999

Etymology: tem.pe.ra’ta. L. fem. part. adj. temperata, moderate, because this species grows at moderate temperatures

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 105563; DSM 14550; XINach; XlNach

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Valid publication: Toth T, Lakatos T. Photorhabdus temperata subsp. cinerea subsp. nov., isolated from Heterorhabditis nematodes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2579-2581.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:205-206.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym of its species (division into subspecies abandoned)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Photorhabdus temperata subsp. cinerea Tóth and Lakatos 2008 according to rule 40d. Publication: Toth T, Lakatos T. Photorhabdus temperata subsp. cinerea subsp. nov., isolated from Heterorhabditis nematodes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2579-2581.
  • ❗ Photorhabdus temperata subsp. temperata 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 temperata 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".
  • 🧍 Photorhabdus temperata subsp. temperata (Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999) Tóth and Lakatos 2008 was first proposed by Fischer-Le Saux et al. in 1999 [1]. This subspecies name was not in accordance with the rules of the ICNP because it was the only named subspecies in the species Photorhabdus temperata Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999. Later, Tóth and Lakatos [2] proposed the subspecies Photorhabdus temperata subsp. cinerea Tóth and Lakatos 2008. According to Rule 40d (formerly Rule 46) of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision), the valid publication of Photorhabdus temperata subsp. cinerea automatically creates another subspecies, Photorhabdus temperata subsp. temperata (Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999) Tóth and Lakatos 2008. — 🧍 The original authorship, Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. 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.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Toth T, Lakatos T. Photorhabdus temperata subsp. cinerea subsp. nov., isolated from Heterorhabditis nematodes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2579-2581.

Parent taxon: Photorhabdus temperata Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999

Assigned by: Toth T, Lakatos T. Photorhabdus temperata subsp. cinerea subsp. nov., isolated from Heterorhabditis nematodes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2579-2581.

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