Name: Agarivorans albus Kurahashi and Yokota 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’bus. L. masc. adj. albus, white

Gender: masculine

Type strain: IAM 14998; JCM 21469; LMG 21761; MKT 106; NBRC 102603

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB076561 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kurahashi M, Yokota A. Agarivorans albus gen. nov., sp. nov., a gamma-proteobacterium isolated from marine animals. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:693-697.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Agarivorans Kurahashi and Yokota 2004. Publication: Kurahashi M, Yokota A. Agarivorans albus gen. nov., sp. nov., a gamma-proteobacterium isolated from marine animals. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:693-697.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Agarivorans Kurahashi and Yokota 2004

Assigned by: Kurahashi M, Yokota A. Agarivorans albus gen. nov., sp. nov., a gamma-proteobacterium isolated from marine animals. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:693-697.

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Record number: 783334