Name: Vibrio tapetis subsp. quintayensis Levican et al. 2017

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: quin.tay.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. quintayensis, referring to Quintay bay, Valparaíso, Chile, where the isolates were obtained

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: WI-bri-o ta-PE-tis kwin-tay-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CECT 8851; LMG 28759; QL-9

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16S rRNA gene: MT760311 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: 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. 🇨🇱

IJSEM list: 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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "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 risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Vibrio tapetis Borrego et al. 1996

Assigned by: 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. 🇨🇱

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