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Species Alteromonas aurantia
Name: Alteromonas aurantia Gauthier and Breittmayer 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: au.ran’ti.a. N.L. fem. adj. aurantia, orange-colored
Type strain: 208; ATCC 33046; CIP 104200; DSM 6057; NCIMB 2052; NCMB 2052
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
X82135
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Gauthier MJ, Breittmayer VA. A new antibiotic-producing bacterium from seawater: Alteromonas aurantia sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:366-372. 
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Pseudoalteromonas aurantia (Gauthier and Breittmayer 1979) Gauthier et al. 1995
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Pseudoalteromonas aurantia (Gauthier and Breittmayer 1979) Gauthier et al. 1995 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Alteromonas aurantia 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 Alteromonas.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
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🧍 The strain NCMB 2052, cited in the paper by Gauthier and Breittmayer 1979, does not appear in the UKNCC Strain databases or in the complete list of NCIMB bacterial strains.
Publication:
Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
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Parent taxon: Alteromonas Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Gauthier MJ, Breittmayer VA. A new antibiotic-producing bacterium from seawater: Alteromonas aurantia sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1979; 29:366-372.
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Record number: 773117
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