Name: Algorimicrobium algoritergicola (Bowman and Nichols 2005) García-López et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bizionia algoritergicola Bowman and Nichols 2005

Etymology: al.go.ri.ter.gi’co.la. L. masc. n. algor, the cold; L. neut. n. tergum, outer covering or surface; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, the dweller, inhabitant; N.L. masc./fem. n. algoritergicola, the inhabitant of a cold surface or covering (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: al-go-ri-mi-KRO-bi-um al-go-ri-ter-GI-ko-la, neuter

Type strain: ACAM 1056; APA-1; CIP 108533; KMM 8430

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY694003 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: 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. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 229. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7141.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Bizionia algoritergicola Bowman and Nichols 2005

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Algorimicrobium algoritergicola" (Bowman and Nichols 2005) Kurilenko et al. 2026	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Bizionia algoritergicola Bowman and Nichols 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Algorimicrobium García-López et al. 2026. Publication: 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. 🇩🇪
  • ❗ Algorimicrobium algoritergicola 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 Algorimicrobium.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Algorimicrobium García-López et al. 2026

Assigned by: 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. 🇩🇪

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