Name: Aequorivita sublithincola Bowman and Nichols 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.lith.in.co.la. L. prep. sub, under, below, slightly; Gr. masc./fem. n. lithos, stone; L. masc./fem. n. incola, an inhabitant; N.L. masc./fem. n. sublithincola, an inhabitant below stone (nominative in apposition)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 9-3; ACAM 643; DSM 14238; QSSC9-3

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF170749 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10428 (N = 109).
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.

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: 772873