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Species Aquimarina agarilytica
Name: Aquimarina agarilytica Lin et al. 2012
Etymology: a.ga.ri.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. agarum, agar-agar, algal polysaccharide; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, able to loosen, able to dissolve; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. agarilytica, agar-dissolving
Pronunciation, gender: a-ga-ri-LY-ti-ka, feminine
Type strain: CCTCC AB 2010229; DSM 21889; NBRC 107695; ZC1
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
FJ750453
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Lin B, Lu G, Zheng Y, Xie W, Li S, Hu Z. Aquimarina agarilytica sp. nov., an agarolytic species isolated from a red alga. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:869-873. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1446-1447.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 😷 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 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
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🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019).
Publication:
Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
Parent taxon: Aquimarina Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005
Assigned by:
Lin B, Lu G, Zheng Y, Xie W, Li S, Hu Z. Aquimarina agarilytica sp. nov., an agarolytic species isolated from a red alga. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:869-873.
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Record number: 789816
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