Name: Cobetia crustatorum Kim et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cru.sta.to’rum. L. masc. perf. part. crustatus, crustated; L. gen. neut. pl. n. crustatorum, of shellfish

Gender: feminine

Type strain: JCM 15644; JO1; KCTC 22486

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16S rRNA gene: EU909460 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim MS, Roh SW, Bae JW. Cobetia crustatorum sp. nov., a novel slightly halophilic bacterium isolated from traditional fermented seafood in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:620-626.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1253-1255.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.19226 (N = 9).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Kim et al. 2010, the etymology is erroneously given as follows: N.L. part. n. crustatus, crustated; N.L. gen. pl. n. crustatorum, of shellfish. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Cobetia Arahal et al. 2002

Assigned by: Kim MS, Roh SW, Bae JW. Cobetia crustatorum sp. nov., a novel slightly halophilic bacterium isolated from traditional fermented seafood in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:620-626.

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