Name: Aliivibrio logei (Harwood et al. 1980 ex Bang et al. 1978) Urbanczyk et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Photobacterium logei (ex Bang et al. 1978) Harwood et al. 1980

Etymology: lo’ge.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. logei, of Loge, from German Loge, Norse god of fire and mischief

Pronunciation, gender: LO-ge-i, masculine

Type strain: 584; ATCC 29985; CIP 104991; DSM 21555; NCIB 2252; NCIMB 2252

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EU221273 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Urbanczyk H, Ast JC, Higgins MJ, Carson J, Dunlap PV. Reclassification of Vibrio fischeri, Vibrio logei, Vibrio salmonicida and Vibrio wodanis as Aliivibrio fischeri gen. nov., comb. nov., Aliivibrio logei comb. nov., Aliivibrio salmonicida comb. nov. and Aliivibrio wodanis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2823-2829.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:531-532.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Vibrio logei (Harwood et al. 1980 ex Bang et al. 1978) Baumann et al. 1981	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Photobacterium logei (ex Bang et al. 1978) Harwood et al. 1980	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 19 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Aliivibrio Urbanczyk et al. 2007

Assigned by: Urbanczyk H, Ast JC, Higgins MJ, Carson J, Dunlap PV. Reclassification of Vibrio fischeri, Vibrio logei, Vibrio salmonicida and Vibrio wodanis as Aliivibrio fischeri gen. nov., comb. nov., Aliivibrio logei comb. nov., Aliivibrio salmonicida comb. nov. and Aliivibrio wodanis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2823-2829.

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Record number: 787013