Name: Amorphus orientalis Wang et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ri.en.ta’lis. L. masc. adj. orientalis, eastern, bacterium inhabiting the east

Pronunciation, gender: o-ri-en-TA-lis, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AA 208035; DSM 21202; YIM D10

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16S rRNA gene: FJ998414 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang YX, Liu JH, Chen YG, Zhang XX, Wang ZG, Chen Y, Tian SP, Hu B, Cui XL. Amorphus orientalis sp. nov., an exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium isolated from salt mine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1750-1754.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2511-2512.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Amorphus Zeevi Ben Yosef et al. 2008

Assigned by: Wang YX, Liu JH, Chen YG, Zhang XX, Wang ZG, Chen Y, Tian SP, Hu B, Cui XL. Amorphus orientalis sp. nov., an exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium isolated from salt mine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1750-1754.

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