Name: Acuticoccus kandeliae Yin et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kan.de’li.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. kandeliae, of the genus Kandelia, referring to the rhizosphere soil from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 104434; J103; MCCC 1K03288

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY038377 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yin Q, Liang J, Zhang L, Ma K, Hu ZL, Zhang Y, Xu Y. Acuticoccus kandeliae sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of the mangrove plant Kandelia, and emended description of Acuticoccus yangtzensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3316-3321.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:10-12.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 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: Acuticoccus Hou et al. 2017

Assigned by: Yin Q, Liang J, Zhang L, Ma K, Hu ZL, Zhang Y, Xu Y. Acuticoccus kandeliae sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of the mangrove plant Kandelia, and emended description of Acuticoccus yangtzensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3316-3321.

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Record number: 797916