Name: Alteromonas distincta Romanenko et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dis.tinc’ta. L. fem. part. adj. distincta, separate, distinct

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … dis-TINK-ta, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700518; CIP 105340; DSM 12749; KMM 638

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16S rRNA gene: AF082564 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Romanenko LA, Mikhailov VV, Lysenko AM, Stapanenko VI. A new species of melanin-producing bacteria of the genus Alteromonus. Mikrobiologiya 1995; 64:74-77.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 55. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:879-880.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Pseudoalteromonas distincta (Romanenko et al. 1995) Ivanova et al. 2000

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudoalteromonas distincta (Romanenko et al. 1995) Ivanova et al. 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alteromonas elyakovii Ivanova et al. 1997	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudoalteromonas elyakovii (Ivanova et al. 1997) Sawabe et al. 2000	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudoalteromonas paragorgicola Ivanova et al. 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Bayburt et al. (2024), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Alteromonas elyakovii Ivanova et al. 1997. Publication: Bayburt H, Choi BJ, Kim JM, Baek JH, Jeon CO. Psychrosphaera algicola sp. nov. and Paraglaciecola algarum sp. nov., and reclassification of Pseudoalteromonas elyakovii, Pseudoalteromonas flavipulchra, and Pseudoalteromonas profundi as later heterotypic synonyms of P. distincta, P. maricaloris, and P. gelatinilytica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6491. 🇰🇷
  • ⏰ According to Bayburt et al. (2024), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Pseudoalteromonas elyakovii (Ivanova et al. 1997) Sawabe et al. 2000. Publication: Bayburt H, Choi BJ, Kim JM, Baek JH, Jeon CO. Psychrosphaera algicola sp. nov. and Paraglaciecola algarum sp. nov., and reclassification of Pseudoalteromonas elyakovii, Pseudoalteromonas flavipulchra, and Pseudoalteromonas profundi as later heterotypic synonyms of P. distincta, P. maricaloris, and P. gelatinilytica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6491. 🇰🇷
  • ⏰ According to Nedashkovskaya et al. (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Pseudoalteromonas paragorgicola Ivanova et al. 2002. Publication: Nedashkovkaya OI, Kim SG, Balabanova LA, Zhukova NV, Son OM, Tekutyeva LA, Mikhailov VV. Genome-Based Classification of Strain 16-SW-7, a Marine Bacterium Capable of Converting B Red Blood Cells, as Pseudoalteromonas distincta and Proposal to Reclassify Pseudoalteromonas paragorgicola as a Later Heterotypic Synonym of Pseudoalteromonas distincta. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:809431. 🇷🇺
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 36. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5413.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6534.
  • ❗ Alteromonas distincta 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 1 time 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.
  • 🧍 On Validation List no. 55, the last author is erroneously cited as V.I. Stapanenko. Publication: Ivanova EP, Chun J, Romanenko LA, Matte ME, Mikhailov VV, Frolova GM, Huq A, Colwell RR. Reclassification of Alteromonas distincta Romanenko et al. 1995 as Pseudoalteromonas distincta comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:141-144. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Alteromonas Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Romanenko LA, Mikhailov VV, Lysenko AM, Stapanenko VI. A new species of melanin-producing bacteria of the genus Alteromonus. Mikrobiologiya 1995; 64:74-77.

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