Name: Aliivibrio salmonicida (Egidius et al. 1986) Urbanczyk et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Vibrio salmonicida Egidius et al. 1986

Etymology: sal.mo.ni.ci’da. L. masc. n. salmo (gen. salmonis), salmon; L. masc. n. suff. -cida, murderer, killer; from L. v. caedo, to cut or kill; N.L. masc. n. salmonicida, salmon killer

Pronunciation, gender: sal-mo-ni-KI-da, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43839; CIP 103166; DSM 21110; HI 7751; LMG 14010; NCIMB 2262; NCMB 2262

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: X70643 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 salmonicida Egidius et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "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 = 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 = "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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 48 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 species itself. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Vibrio salmonicida Egidius et al. 1986. Publication: Egidius E, Wiik R, Andersen K, Hoff KA, Hjeltnes B. Vibrio salmonicida sp. nov., a new fish pathogen. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:518-520.

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: 787017