Name: Algibacter wandonensis Yoon and Park 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wan.do.nen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. wandonensis, pertaining to Wando, an island of South Korea, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CECT 8301; KCTC 32381; WS-MY22

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC987358 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Park S. Algibacter wandonensis sp. nov., isolated from sediment around a brown algae (Undaria pinnatifida) reservoir. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4771-4776.

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: synonym

Correct name: Algibacter lectus Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Algibacter lectus Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Liu et al. (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Algibacter lectus Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004. 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.
  • ❗ Algibacter wandonensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Algibacter.
  • 😷 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: Algibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Park S. Algibacter wandonensis sp. nov., isolated from sediment around a brown algae (Undaria pinnatifida) reservoir. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4771-4776.

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Record number: 791324