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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Aquimarina spongiicola

Name: Aquimarina spongiicola Choi et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spon.gi.i’co.la. L. fem. n. spongia, sponge; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. spongiicola, sponge inhabitant

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … spon-gi-I-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: 122CH820-2; KACC 19274; LMG 30078

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16S rRNA gene: KY451769 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Choi KD, Lee GE, Park JS. Aquimarina spongiicola sp. nov., isolated from spongin. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:990-994. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2134-2136.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Aquimarina Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Assigned by: Choi KD, Lee GE, Park JS. Aquimarina spongiicola sp. nov., isolated from spongin. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:990-994. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 797611
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