Photorhabdus temperata temperata (Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999) Tóth and Lakatos 2008 Photorhabdus temperata temperata (Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999) Tóth and Lakatos 2008 Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990 Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021 Pseudomonadota corrig. Garrity et al. 2021 Alphaproteobacteriota (sic) Garrity et al. 2021 Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005 emend. Williams and Kelly 2013 Enterobacterales (Garrity and Holt 2001) Adeolu et al. 2016 Morganellaceae Adeolu et al. 2016 Photorhabdus Boemare et al. 1993 Photorhabdus temperata Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999 emend. Machado et al. 2018 Photorhabdus temperata temperata (Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999) Tóth and Lakatos 2008 Photorhabdus temperata Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999 emend. Machado et al. 2018 Photorhabdus temperata cinerea Tóth and Lakatos 2008 Photorhabdus temperata tasmaniensis Tailliez et al. 2010 Photorhabdus temperata khanii Tailliez et al. 2010 Photorhabdus temperata thracensis (Hazir et al. 2004) Tailliez et al. 2010 Photorhabdus temperata stackebrandtii An and Grewal 2011 Photorhabdus temperata Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999 emend. Machado et al. 2018 Photorhabdus temperata temperata (Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999) Tóth and Lakatos 2008 Fischer-Le Saux M. Viallard V. Brunel B. Normand P. Boemare N.E. Polyphasic classification of the genus Photorhabdus and proposal of new taxa: P. luminescens subsp. luminescens subsp. nov., P. luminescens subsp. akhurstii subsp. nov., P. luminescens subsp. laumondii subsp. nov., P. temperata sp. nov., P. temperata subsp. temperata subsp. nov. and P. asymbiotica sp. nov. 1999 49 4 1645 1656 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-49-4-1645 10555346 Tóth T. Lakatos T. Photorhabdus temperata subsp. cinerea subsp. nov., isolated from Heterorhabditis nematodes. 2008 58 11 2579 2581 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.2008/000273-0 18984696 Photorhabdus temperata Fischer-Le Saux et al. 1999 emend. Machado et al. 2018 Tóth T. Lakatos T. Photorhabdus temperata subsp. cinerea subsp. nov., isolated from Heterorhabditis nematodes. 2008 58 11 2579 2581 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.2008/000273-0 18984696 Fischer-Le Saux M. Viallard V. Brunel B. Normand P. Boemare N.E. Polyphasic classification of the genus Photorhabdus and proposal of new taxa: P. luminescens subsp. luminescens subsp. nov., P. luminescens subsp. akhurstii subsp. nov., P. luminescens subsp. laumondii subsp. nov., P. temperata sp. nov., P. temperata subsp. temperata subsp. nov. and P. asymbiotica sp. nov. 1999 49 4 1645 1656 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-49-4-1645 10555346 The publication of Photorhabdus temperata subsp. temperata by Fischer-Le Saux et al. in 1999 was illegitimate, because there were no other subspecies created at the same time, therefore there was no reason to create a subspecies at all. The coordinate status subspecies was later legitimately created by Rule 40d when Photorhabdus temperata subsp. cinerea was published (Tóth and Lakatos 2008).