Name: Agarilytica rhodophyticola Ling et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rho.do.phy.ti’co.la. N.L. neut. pl. n. Rhodophyta, the division of the red algae; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. rhodophyticola, inhabitant of Rhodophyta

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 017; KCTC 42584; MCCC 1H00123

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KR610527 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ling SK, Xia J, Liu Y, Chen GJ, Du ZJ. Agarilytica rhodophyticola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from Gracilaria blodgettii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3778-3783.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Agarilytica Ling et al. 2017. Publication: Ling SK, Xia J, Liu Y, Chen GJ, Du ZJ. Agarilytica rhodophyticola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from Gracilaria blodgettii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3778-3783.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Agarilytica Ling et al. 2017

Assigned by: Ling SK, Xia J, Liu Y, Chen GJ, Du ZJ. Agarilytica rhodophyticola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from Gracilaria blodgettii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3778-3783.

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Record number: 796119