Valid publication:
Boemare NE, Akhurst RJ, Mourant RG. DNA relatedness between Xenorhabdus spp. (Enterobacteriaceae), symbiotic bacteria of entomopathogenic nematodes, and a proposal to transfer Xenorhabdus luminescens to a new genus, Photorhabdus gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:249-255.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:625.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Risk group:
1
Notes:
🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Xenorhabdus Thomas and Poinar 1979 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Thomas GM, Poinar Jr. GO. Xenorhabdus gen. nov., a genus of entomopathogenic nematophilic bacteria of the family Enterobacteriaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:352-360.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Phororhabdus"; "Photohabdus"; "Photohapdus"; "Photorabdus"; "Photorhabdut"; "Photorhabus"; "Photorhadus"; "Photorhahdus"; "Photorhbdus"; "Phutorhabdus".
🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00705 (N = 5).
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 19; CIP: 11; ATCC: 6; CCM: 4; LMG: 2; NCIMB: 2; KCTC: 1.
😷 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".
🧍 See also Akhurst et al. (2004).Publication:
Akhurst RJ, Boemare NE, Janssen PH, Peel MM, Alfredson DA, Beard CE. Taxonomy of Australian clinical isolates of the genus Photorhabdus and proposal of Photorhabdus asymbiotica subsp. asymbiotica subsp. nov. and P. asymbiotica subsp. australis subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1301-1310.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 23 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 23 Total number of child taxa: 23
Assigned by:
Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad S, S Gupta R. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov., Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5575-5599.
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