Name: Agarivorans albus Kurahashi and Yokota 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation, gender: AL-bus, masculine

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

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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. — 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 13 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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