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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Alteromonas portus

Name: Alteromonas portus Huang et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: por’tus. L. gen. masc. n. portus, of the port, referring to the isolation site

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: al-te-RO-mo-nas POR-tus, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.13585; HB161718; JCM 32687

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16S rRNA gene: MG994978 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Huang H, Mo K, Li S, Dongmei S, Zhu J, Zou X, Hu Y, Bao S. Alteromonas portus sp. nov., an alginate lyase-excreting marine bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1516-1521. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Huang H, Mo K, Li S, Dongmei S, Zhu J, Zou X, Hu Y, Bao S. Alteromonas portus sp. nov., an alginate lyase-excreting marine bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1516-1521. 🇨🇳

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