Name: Aequorivita aquimaris (Thevarajoo et al. 2016) Wang et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Vitellibacter aquimaris Thevarajoo et al. 2016

Etymology: a.qui.ma’ris. L. gen. neut. n. maris, of the sea; N.L. gen. neut. n. aquimaris, of seawater

Gender: feminine

Type strain: D-24; DSM 101732; KCTC 42708

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KM569673 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang Q, Cai SD, Liu J, Zhang DC. Aequorivita sinensis sp. nov., isolated from sediment of the East China Sea, and reclassification of Vitellibacter todarodis as Aequorivita todarodis comb. nov. and Vitellibacter aquimaris as Aequorivita aquimaris comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3323-3327.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4421-4424.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aequorivita aquimaris (Thevarajoo et al. 2016) García-López et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aequorivita aquimaris (Thevarajoo et al. 2016) García-López et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aequorivita aquimaris (Thevarajoo et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Vitellibacter aquimaris Thevarajoo et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Later isonym of Aequorivita aquimaris (Thevarajoo et al. 2016) García-López et al. 2020. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Aequorivita Bowman and Nichols 2002

Assigned by: Wang Q, Cai SD, Liu J, Zhang DC. Aequorivita sinensis sp. nov., isolated from sediment of the East China Sea, and reclassification of Vitellibacter todarodis as Aequorivita todarodis comb. nov. and Vitellibacter aquimaris as Aequorivita aquimaris comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3323-3327.

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