Name: Aeromonas hydrophila subsp. hydrophila (Chester 1901) Schubert 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

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

Basonym: "Bacillus hydrophilus" Chester 1901

Etymology: hy.dro’phi.la. Gr. neut. n. hydôr, water; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, friend, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. hydrophila, water-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 7966; BCRC 13018; CCRC 13018; CCUG 14551; CDC 359-60; CIP 76.14; DSM 30187; HAMBI 1847; HAMBI 1973; IAM 12460; JCM 1027; LMG 12156; LMG 13439; LMG 2844; NBIMCC 8962; NCIB 9240; NCIMB 9240; NCTC 8049

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Effective publication: Schubert RHW. Zur Taxonomie der anaerogenen Aeromonaden. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I 1964; 193:343-352.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Emendations:
  • Huys et al. 2002 Huys G, Kampfer P, Albert MJ, Kuhn I, Denys R, Swings J. Aeromonas hydrophila subsp. dhakensis subsp. nov., isolated from children with diarrhoea in Bangladesh, and extended description of Aeromonas hydrophila subsp. hydrophila (Chester 1901) Stanier 1943 (approved lists 1980). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:705-712. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
    Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Aeromonas hydrophila subsp. anaerogenes Schubert 1964 (Approved Lists 1980) according to rule 40d. Publication: Schubert RHW. Zur Taxonomie der anaerogenen Aeromonaden. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I 1964; 193:343-352.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".
  • 🧍 The original authorship, (Chester 1901) Stanier 1943, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Garrity GM, Labeda DP, Oren A. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2775-2780.

Parent taxon: Aeromonas hydrophila (Chester 1901) Stanier 1943 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Schubert RHW. Zur Taxonomie der anaerogenen Aeromonaden. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I 1964; 193:343-352.

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