Name: Aequorivita crocea Bowman and Nichols 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cro’ce.a. L. fem. adj. crocea, yellow

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ACAM 642; DSM 14293; Y12-2

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AY027806 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bowman JP, Nichols DS. Aequorivita gen. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from terrestrial and marine Antarctic habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1533-1541.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • The DSMZ accession number of the type strain cited is incorrect; DSM 14239 should read DSM 14293. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.
  • In the paper by Bowman and Nichols 2002, the type strain DSM 14293 is erroneously cited as DSM 14239. — Weiss N. Personal communication, 2002-10-11.

Parent taxon: Aequorivita Bowman and Nichols 2002

Assigned by: Bowman JP, Nichols DS. Aequorivita gen. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from terrestrial and marine Antarctic habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1533-1541.

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Record number: 772871