Name: Algibacter lectus Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation, gender: LEK-tus, masculine

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

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16S rRNA gene: AY187689 Analyse FASTA

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.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1911-1913.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Algibacter wandonensis Yoon and Park 2013	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
  • Liu et al. 2021 Liu A, Wang H, Yang YY, Xue QJ, Li XZ. Reclassification of Algibacter wandonensis as a Later Heterotypic Synonym of Algibacter lectus Based on Whole-Genome Sequence Analysis. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:1034-1038. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 34. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4816.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.
    • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.

• 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.
  • ⏰ According to Liu et al. (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Algibacter wandonensis Yoon and Park 2013. Publication: Liu A, Wang H, Yang YY, Xue QJ, Li XZ. Reclassification of Algibacter wandonensis as a Later Heterotypic Synonym of Algibacter lectus Based on Whole-Genome Sequence Analysis. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:1034-1038.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 34. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4816.
  • 😷 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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