Name: Amphritea Gärtner et al. 2008

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Am.phri’tea. N.L. fem. n. Amphritea, a name of a bacterial genus; from Gr. fem. n. Amphrite, a nymph of the ocean in Greek mythology, referring to the habitat of the bacteria

Gender: feminine (stem: Amphrite-)

Type species: Amphritea atlantica Gärtner et al. 2008

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gartner A, Wiese J, Imhoff JF. Amphritea atlantica gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from the Logatchev hydrothermal vent field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:34-39.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:747-748.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Jang et al. 2015 Jang H, Yang SH, Seo HS, Lee JH, Kim SJ, Kwon KK. Amphritea spongicola sp. nov., isolated from a marine sponge, and emended description of the genus Amphritea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1866-1870. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2784-2785.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.01605 (N = 5).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 3; JCM: 3; ATCC: 2; KCCM: 1; DSM: 1; NBRC: 1; MCCC: 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". — 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Amphritea atlantica Gärtner et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amphritea balenae Miyazaki et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amphritea ceti Kim et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Amphritea japonica Miyazaki et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amphritea opalescens Han et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amphritea pacifica Cai et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amphritea spongicola Jang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Oceanospirillaceae Garrity et al. 2005

Assigned by: Gartner A, Wiese J, Imhoff JF. Amphritea atlantica gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from the Logatchev hydrothermal vent field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:34-39.

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