Name: Algibacter agarilyticus Park et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ga.ri.ly’ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. agarum, agar; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. agarilyticus, agar-dissolving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: JCM 18275; KCTC 23857; KYW563

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16S rRNA gene: JN864027 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park SC, Hwang YM, Lee JH, Baik KS, Seong CN. Algibacter agarivorans sp. nov. and Algibacter agarilyticus sp. nov., isolated from seawater, reclassification of Marinivirga aestuarii as Algibacter aestuarii comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Algibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3494-3500.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Algibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004

Assigned by: Park SC, Hwang YM, Lee JH, Baik KS, Seong CN. Algibacter agarivorans sp. nov. and Algibacter agarilyticus sp. nov., isolated from seawater, reclassification of Marinivirga aestuarii as Algibacter aestuarii comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Algibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3494-3500.

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Record number: 791068