Name: Agarivorans gilvus Du et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gil’vus. L. masc. adj. gilvus, pale yellow, referring to the pale yellow pigmentation of the bacterium

Pronunciation, gender: GIL-wus, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.10131; DSM 26780; NRRL B-59247; WH0801

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16S rRNA gene: MT759957 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Du ZJ, Lv GQ, Rooney AP, Miao TT, Xu QQ, Chen GJ. Agarivorans gilvus sp. nov. isolated from seaweed. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:493-496.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1237-1238.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 11 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Agarivorans Kurahashi and Yokota 2004

Assigned by: Du ZJ, Lv GQ, Rooney AP, Miao TT, Xu QQ, Chen GJ. Agarivorans gilvus sp. nov. isolated from seaweed. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:493-496.

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Record number: 789069