Genus Algihabitans

Name: Algihabitans Wang et al. 2019

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Al.gi.ha’bi.tans. L. fem. n. alga, seaweed; L. pres. part. habitans, inhabiting; N.L. masc. n. Algihabitans, inhabitant of the culture of alga

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Algihabitant-), al-gi-HA-bi-tans

Type species: Algihabitans albus Wang et al. 2019

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang Z, Zhang Z, Li C, Zhang M, Zhao D, Li J, Zhang Y. Algihabitans albus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a culture of the green alga Ulva prolifera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:828-832. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1529-1530.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hu et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Rhodovibrionaceae Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: Hu S, Lu K, Wang C, Li M, Huang J, Wang G. Carbonatibacter coralli gen. nov., sp. nov., a carbonate-producing and vitamin B(12)-sharing bacterium isolated from coral Porites lutea, reclassification of Kiloniellaceae and proposal of Aestuariispiraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6928. 🇨🇳
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 1; MCCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Algihabitans albus Wang et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Wang Z, Zhang Z, Li C, Zhang M, Zhao D, Li J, Zhang Y. Algihabitans albus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a culture of the green alga Ulva prolifera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:828-832. 🇨🇳

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