Name: Algisphaera agarilytica Yoon et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ga.ri.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. agarum, agar; L. vowel -i-, connecting vowel; Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. agarilytica, agar-dissolving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 06SJR6-2; KCTC 32482; NBRC 109894

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB845176 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yoon J, Jang JH, Kasai H. Algisphaera agarilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the class Phycisphaerae within the phylum Planctomycetes isolated from a marine alga. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:317-324.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 157. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1455-1458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Algisphaera Yoon et al. 2014. Publication: Yoon J, Jang JH, Kasai H. Algisphaera agarilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the class Phycisphaerae within the phylum Planctomycetes isolated from a marine alga. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:317-324.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Algisphaera Yoon et al. 2014

Assigned by: Yoon J, Jang JH, Kasai H. Algisphaera agarilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the class Phycisphaerae within the phylum Planctomycetes isolated from a marine alga. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:317-324.

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Record number: 791772