Subspecies Vibrio tapetis subsp. britannicus

Name: Vibrio tapetis subsp. britannicus Balboa and Romalde 2013

Category, proposed as: subspecies, subsp. nov.

Etymology: bri.tan’ni.cus. N.L. masc. adj. britannicus, of or pertaining to Britannia, Latin name for the British Isles, where the isolates were obtained

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: WI-bri-o ta-PE-tis bri-TAN-ni-kus, masculine

Type strain: CAIM 1874; CECT 8161; HH6087

16S rRNA gene: HE795148 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Balboa S, Romalde JL. Multilocus sequence analysis of Vibrio tapetis, the causative agent of Brown Ring Disease: description of Vibrio tapetis subsp. britannicus subsp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:183-187. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 152. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2365-2367.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Levican et al. 2017 Levican A, Lasa A, Irgang R, Romalde JL, Poblete-Morales M, Avendano-Herrera R. Isolation of Vibrio tapetis from two native fish species (Genypterus chilensis and Paralichthys adspersus) reared in Chile and description of Vibrio tapetis subsp. quintayensis subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:716-723. 🇨🇱 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1621-1622.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n2, t2". — 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 the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Vibrio tapetis Borrego et al. 1996

Assigned by: Balboa S, Romalde JL. Multilocus sequence analysis of Vibrio tapetis, the causative agent of Brown Ring Disease: description of Vibrio tapetis subsp. britannicus subsp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:183-187. 🇪🇸

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