Species Aequorivita crocea

Name: Aequorivita crocea Bowman and Nichols 2002

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a͡e-kwo-ri-WI-ta KRO-ke-a, 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 risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 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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