Name: Amphritea atlantica Gärtner et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: at.lan’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. atlantica, of or pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 18887; LMG 24143; M41

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM156910 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gartner A, Wiese J, Imhoff JF. Amphritea atlantica gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from the Logatchev hydrothermal vent field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:34-39.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:747-748.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Jang et al. 2015 Jang H, Yang SH, Seo HS, Lee JH, Kim SJ, Kwon KK. Amphritea spongicola sp. nov., isolated from a marine sponge, and emended description of the genus Amphritea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1866-1870. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2784-2785.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Amphritea Gärtner et al. 2008. Publication: Gartner A, Wiese J, Imhoff JF. Amphritea atlantica gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from the Logatchev hydrothermal vent field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:34-39.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Amphritea Gärtner et al. 2008

Assigned by: Gartner A, Wiese J, Imhoff JF. Amphritea atlantica gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from the Logatchev hydrothermal vent field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:34-39.

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Record number: 787110