Name: Algibacter wandonensis Yoon and Park 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wan.do.nen’sis. N.L. masc. 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. — 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 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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