Name: Alcanivorax balearicus Rivas et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ba.le.a’ri.cus. N.L. masc. adj. balearicus, of the Balearic Islands, where the organism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CECT 5683; DSM 23776; LMG 22508; MACL04

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY686709 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rivas R, Garcia-Fraile P, Peix A, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E, Velazquez E. Alcanivorax balearicus sp. nov., isolated from Lake Martel. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1331-1335.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1935-1936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alloalcanivorax balearicus (Rivas et al. 2007) Rai et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Alcanivorax Yakimov et al. 1998

Assigned by: Rivas R, Garcia-Fraile P, Peix A, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E, Velazquez E. Alcanivorax balearicus sp. nov., isolated from Lake Martel. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1331-1335.

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Record number: 786399