Name: Algimonas porphyrae Fukui et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: por.phy’rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. porphyrae, of Porphyra, referring to the isolation of the first strains from the red alga Porphyra yezoensis

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 0C-2-2; LMG 26424; NBRC 108216

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB689189 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fukui Y, Abe M, Kobayashi M, Saito H, Oikawa H, Yano Y, Satomi M. Algimonas porphyrae gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Hyphomonadaceae, isolated from the red alga Porphyra yezoensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:314-320. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1211-1213.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Algimonas Fukui et al. 2013. Publication: Fukui Y, Abe M, Kobayashi M, Saito H, Oikawa H, Yano Y, Satomi M. Algimonas porphyrae gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Hyphomonadaceae, isolated from the red alga Porphyra yezoensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:314-320. 🇯🇵
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Algimonas Fukui et al. 2013

Assigned by: Fukui Y, Abe M, Kobayashi M, Saito H, Oikawa H, Yano Y, Satomi M. Algimonas porphyrae gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Hyphomonadaceae, isolated from the red alga Porphyra yezoensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:314-320. 🇯🇵

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