Name: Algibacter aquimarinus Park et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qui.ma.ri’nus. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. adj. marinus -a -um, marine; N.L. masc. adj. aquimarinus, living in sea water

Pronunciation, gender: a-kwi-ma-RI-nus, masculine

Type strain: JCM 18287; KCTC 23928; KYW589

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ259859 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park SC, Hwang YM, Choe HN, Baik KS, Kim H, Seong CN. Algibacter aquimarinus sp. nov., isolated from a marine environment, and reclassification of Pontirhabdus pectinivorans as Algibacter pectinivorans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2038-2042. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Algibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004

Assigned by: Park SC, Hwang YM, Choe HN, Baik KS, Kim H, Seong CN. Algibacter aquimarinus sp. nov., isolated from a marine environment, and reclassification of Pontirhabdus pectinivorans as Algibacter pectinivorans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2038-2042. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 790832