Genus Agarivorans
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Agarivorans Kurahashi and Yokota 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Agarivorans albus Kurahashi and Yokota 2004.
Etymology: N.L. neut. n. agarum, agar; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring; N.L. masc. n. (N.L. masc. part. adj. used as a substantive) agarivorans, agar-devouring.
Valid publication: KURAHASHI (M.) and YOKOTA (A.): Agarivorans albus gen. nov., sp. nov., a γ-proteobacterium isolated from marine animals. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 693-697.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The Neo-Latin adjective (used as a substantive) Agarivorans may be in the masculine, feminine, or neuter gender. The gender of the genus name is not provided in the paper by Kurahashi and Yokota 2004. However, the epithet of the type species (albus) is in the masculine gender and Agarivorans must be in the masculine gender.
→ Agarivorans Kurahashi and Yokota 2004 emend. Park et al. 2015.
Reference: PARK, S., PARK, J.-M., JUNG, Y.-T. and YOON, J.-H. 2014. Agarivorans litoreus sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium isolated from seawater and emended description of the genus Agarivorans. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 106, 1041-1047.
Original article.
Agarivorans aestuarii Kim et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) hydD622=KCTC 32543=CGMCC 1.12692.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM203871.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. gen. n. aestuarii, of a tidal flat, from where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: KIM, S. G., PHENG, S., LEE, Y. J., EOM, M. K. and SHIN, D. H. 2016. Agarivorans aestuarii sp. nov., an agar-degrading bacterium isolated from a tidal flat Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 3119-3124.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Agarivorans albus Kurahashi and Yokota 2004, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MKT 106 = IAM 14998 = JCM 21469 = LMG 21761 = NBRC 102603.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB076561.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. albus, white.
Valid publication: KURAHASHI (M.) and YOKOTA (A.): Agarivorans albus gen. nov., sp. nov., a γ-proteobacterium isolated from marine animals. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 693-697.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Agarivorans gilvus Du et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) WH0801 = CGMCC 1.10131 = NRRL B-59247.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GQ200591.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. gilvus, pale yellow, referring to the pale yellow pigmentation of the bacterium.
Valid publication: DU (Z.J.), LV (G.Q.), ROONEY (A.P.), MIAO (T.T.), XU (Q.Q.) and CHEN (G.J.): Agarivorans gilvus sp. nov., isolated from seaweed. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 493-496.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Agarivorans litoreus Park et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GJSW-6=KCTC 42116=NBRC 110444.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ729029.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: -.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 163. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65 (2015), 1105-1111.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: PARK, S., PARK, J.-M., JUNG, Y.-T. and YOON, J.-H. 2014. Agarivorans litoreus sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium isolated from seawater and emended description of the genus Agarivorans. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 106, 1041-1047.
Effective publication Online