Name: Actibacterium atlanticum Li et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: at.lan’ti.cum. L. neut. adj. atlanticum, Atlantic, from the Atlantic Ocean

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 22II-S11-z10; LMG 27158; MCCC 1A09298

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ159064 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Li G, Lai Q, Sun F, Du Y, Liu X, Li G, Xie Y, Shao Z. Actibacterium atlanticum sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater of the Atlantic Ocean. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:325-330.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2017-2025.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02078 (N = 83).
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Actibacterium Lucena et al. 2012

Assigned by: Li G, Lai Q, Sun F, Du Y, Liu X, Li G, Xie Y, Shao Z. Actibacterium atlanticum sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater of the Atlantic Ocean. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:325-330.

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