Name: Alcanivorax gelatiniphagus Kwon et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ge.la.ti.ni.pha’gus. N.L. neut. n. gelatininum, gelatin; Gr. masc./fem. adj. suff. -phagos, glutton; N.L. masc. adj. gelatiniphagus, gelatin eater

Gender: masculine

Type strain: JCM 18425; KCCM 42990; MEBiC08158

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ937289 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kyoung Kwon K, Hye Oh J, Yang SH, Seo HS, Lee JH. Alcanivorax gelatiniphagus sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from tidal flat sediments enriched with crude oil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2204-2208.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3233-3234.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alloalcanivorax gelatiniphagus (Kwon et al. 2015) 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Alcanivorax Yakimov et al. 1998

Assigned by: Kyoung Kwon K, Hye Oh J, Yang SH, Seo HS, Lee JH. Alcanivorax gelatiniphagus sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from tidal flat sediments enriched with crude oil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2204-2208.

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Record number: 792937