Name: Agarivorans litoreus Park et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to’re.us. L. masc. adj. litoreus, belonging to the seashore

Pronunciation, gender: li-TO-re-us, masculine

Type strain: GJSW-6; KCTC 42116; NBRC 110444

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16S rRNA gene: KJ729029 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Park S, Park JM, Jung YT, Yoon JH. Agarivorans litoreus sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium isolated from seawater and emended description of the genus Agarivorans. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:1041-1047.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 163. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1105-1111.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Agarivorans Kurahashi and Yokota 2004

Assigned by: Park S, Park JM, Jung YT, Yoon JH. Agarivorans litoreus sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium isolated from seawater and emended description of the genus Agarivorans. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:1041-1047.

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Record number: 792708