Name: Alteromonas haloplanktis (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Reichelt and Baumann 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Vibrio haloplanktis" ZoBell and Upham 1944

Etymology: ha.lo.plank.tis. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), sea; Gr. masc. adj. planktos, wandering, roaming; N.L. fem. adj. haloplanktis, sea-wandering

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 215 of Baumann et al.; ATCC 14393; CIP 103197; DSM 6060; IAM 12915; JCM 20767; LMG 2852; NBRC 102225; NCCB 71020

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X67024 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Reichelt JL, Baumann P. Change of the name Alteromonas marinopraesens (ZoBell and Upham) Baumann et al. to Alteromonas haloplanktis (ZoBell and Upham) comb. nov. and assignment of strain ATCC 23821 (Pseudomonas enalia) and strain c-A1 of De Voe and Oginsky to this species. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1973; 23:438-441.

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

Correct name: Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Gauthier et al. 1995

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Vibrio haloplanktis" ZoBell and Upham 1944	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Gauthier et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Akagawa-Matsushita et al. (1993), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Alteromonas tetraodonis Simidu et al. 1990. Publication: Akagawa-Matsushita M, Koga Y, Yamasato K. DNA relatedness among nonpigmented species of Alteromonas and synonymy of Alteromonas haloplanktis (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Reichelt and Baumann 1973 and Alteromonas tetraodonis Simidu et al. 1990. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:500-503.
  • ⏰ According to Akagawa-Matsushita et al. (1993), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Pseudoalteromonas tetraodonis (Simidu et al. 1990) Ivanova et al. 2001. Publication: Akagawa-Matsushita M, Koga Y, Yamasato K. DNA relatedness among nonpigmented species of Alteromonas and synonymy of Alteromonas haloplanktis (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Reichelt and Baumann 1973 and Alteromonas tetraodonis Simidu et al. 1990. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:500-503.
  • ⏰ According to Gauthier et al. (1995), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Alteromonas tetraodonis Simidu et al. 1990. Publication: Gauthier G, Gauthier M, Christen R. Phylogenetic analysis of the genera Alteromonas, Shewanella, and Moritella using genes coding for small-subunit rRNA sequences and division of the genus Alteromonas into two genera, Alteromonas (emended) and Pseudoalteromonas gen. nov., and proposal of twelve new species combinations. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:755-761.
  • ⏰ According to Gauthier et al. (1995), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Pseudoalteromonas tetraodonis (Simidu et al. 1990) Ivanova et al. 2001. Publication: Gauthier G, Gauthier M, Christen R. Phylogenetic analysis of the genera Alteromonas, Shewanella, and Moritella using genes coding for small-subunit rRNA sequences and division of the genus Alteromonas into two genera, Alteromonas (emended) and Pseudoalteromonas gen. nov., and proposal of twelve new species combinations. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:755-761.
  • ⏰ According to Ivanova et al. (2001), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Alteromonas tetraodonis Simidu et al. 1990. Publication: Ivanova EP, Romanenko LA, Matte MH, Matte GR, Lysenko AM, Simidu U, Kita-Tsukamoto K, Sawabe T, Vysotskii MV, Frolova GM, et al. Retrieval of the species Alteromonas tetraodonis Simidu et al. 1990 as Pseudoalteromonas tetraodonis comb. nov. and emendation of description. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1071-1078.
  • ⏰ According to Ivanova et al. (2001), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Pseudoalteromonas tetraodonis (Simidu et al. 1990) Ivanova et al. 2001. Publication: Ivanova EP, Romanenko LA, Matte MH, Matte GR, Lysenko AM, Simidu U, Kita-Tsukamoto K, Sawabe T, Vysotskii MV, Frolova GM, et al. Retrieval of the species Alteromonas tetraodonis Simidu et al. 1990 as Pseudoalteromonas tetraodonis comb. nov. and emendation of description. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1071-1078.
  • ❗ Alteromonas haloplanktis 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 = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PI". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n". — 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 26 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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

Assigned by: Reichelt JL, Baumann P. Change of the name Alteromonas marinopraesens (ZoBell and Upham) Baumann et al. to Alteromonas haloplanktis (ZoBell and Upham) comb. nov. and assignment of strain ATCC 23821 (Pseudomonas enalia) and strain c-A1 of De Voe and Oginsky to this species. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1973; 23:438-441.

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