Name: Agaribacter flavus Yu et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’vus. L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow, the colour of colonies or pigment

Pronunciation, gender: FLA-wus, masculine

Type strain: 2p52; KCTC 52473; MCCC 1H00151

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX495218 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yu WN, Han JR, Liu Y, Du ZJ, Mu DS. Agaribacter flavus sp. nov., isolated from red algae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3140-3143.

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:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: KCTC 52437.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09923 (N = 18).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Agaribacter Teramoto and Nishijima 2014

Assigned by: Yu WN, Han JR, Liu Y, Du ZJ, Mu DS. Agaribacter flavus sp. nov., isolated from red algae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3140-3143.

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Record number: 797917