Name: Algibacter lectus Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. masc. adj. lectus, chosen, selected, referring to a bacterium that forms select, beautiful colonies

Type strains: DSM 15365; JCM 21761; KCTC 12103; KMM 3902

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16S rRNA gene accession number: AY187689

Valid publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SB, Han SK, Rhee MS, Lysenko AM, Rohde M, Zhukova NV, Frolova GM, Mikhailov VV, Bae KS. Algibacter lectus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from green algae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1257-1261.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Algibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004. Publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SB, Han SK, Rhee MS, Lysenko AM, Rohde M, Zhukova NV, Frolova GM, Mikhailov VV, Bae KS. Algibacter lectus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from green algae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1257-1261.
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

Parent taxon: Algibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004

Assigned by: Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SB, Han SK, Rhee MS, Lysenko AM, Rohde M, Zhukova NV, Frolova GM, Mikhailov VV, Bae KS. Algibacter lectus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from green algae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1257-1261.

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