Name: Alcanivorax marinus Lai et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’nus. L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, marine

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 208234; LMG 24621; MCCC 1A00382; R8-12

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC415169 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lai Q, Wang J, Gu L, Zheng T, Shao Z. Alcanivorax marinus sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4428-4432.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alloalcanivorax marinus (Lai et al. 2013) 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: Lai Q, Wang J, Gu L, Zheng T, Shao Z. Alcanivorax marinus sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4428-4432.

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Record number: 791317