Name: Actibacterium pelagium Guo et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.la’gi.um. L. neut. adj. pelagium, of or belonging to the sea

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pe-LA-gi-um, neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.16012; JN33; KCTC 52653

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY273602 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Guo LL, Wu YH, Xu XW, Huang CJ, Xu YY, Cheng H, Wang CS, Wu M, Xu XW. Actibacterium pelagium sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium, and emended description of the genus Actibacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5080-5086. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:695-697.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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: Guo LL, Wu YH, Xu XW, Huang CJ, Xu YY, Cheng H, Wang CS, Wu M, Xu XW. Actibacterium pelagium sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium, and emended description of the genus Actibacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5080-5086. 🇨🇳

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