Name: Agrococcus jejuensis Lee 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: je.ju.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. jejuensis, of Jeju, Republic of Korea, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 22002; JCM 14256; KCTC 19198; SSW1-48

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM396260 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee SD. Agrococcus jejuensis sp. nov., isolated from dried seaweed. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2297-2300.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06172 (N = 50).
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Agrococcus Groth et al. 1996

Assigned by: Lee SD. Agrococcus jejuensis sp. nov., isolated from dried seaweed. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2297-2300.

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Record number: 787561