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Species Aquimarina megaterium
Name: Aquimarina megaterium Yu et al. 2014
Etymology: me.ga.te’ri.um. Gr. masc. adj. megas, large; Gr. neut. n. thêrion, monster, beast; N.L. neut. n. megaterium, big beast (nominative in apposition)
Type strain: CGMCC 1.12186; JCM 18215; XH134
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
KC476292
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Yu T, Zhang Z, Fan X, Shi X, Zhang XH. Aquimarina megaterium sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:122-127. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1075-1076.
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 5 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:
Yu T, Zhang Z, Fan X, Shi X, Zhang XH. Aquimarina megaterium sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:122-127.
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Record number: 791491
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