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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Allocellulophaga tsushimaensis"

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Name: "Allocellulophaga tsushimaensis" Nakajima et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tsu.shi.ma.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. tsushimaensis, referring to Tsushima, an island in Nagasaki prefecture, Japan, where the species was first isolated [probably better: tsushimensis]

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: KCTC 52508; NBRC 112430; TSM- 5

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16S rRNA gene: LC864043 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Nakajima Y, Wong S-K, Muramatsu Y, Cuadra MJ, Zenimoto K, Ou K, Chiura HX, Nakamura K, Gotoh Y, Hayashi T, et al. Phylogenomic reclassification of Cellulophaga species to Paracellulophaga gen. nov. and description of Allocellulophaga tsushimaensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium from coastal seawater of Tsushima Island, Japan. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2026; 119:0. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Allocellulophaga" Nakajima et al. 2026

Assigned by: Nakajima Y, Wong S-K, Muramatsu Y, Cuadra MJ, Zenimoto K, Ou K, Chiura HX, Nakamura K, Gotoh Y, Hayashi T, et al. Phylogenomic reclassification of Cellulophaga species to Paracellulophaga gen. nov. and description of Allocellulophaga tsushimaensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium from coastal seawater of Tsushima Island, Japan. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2026; 119:0. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 71171

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