Name: Bacterioplanoides pacificum Wang et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ci’fi.cum. L. neut. adj. pacificum, peaceful, referring to the Pacific Ocean

Gender: neuter

Type strain: JCM 30597; KCTC 42424; MCCC 1K00501; sw100

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ082124 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang Y, Yu M, Liu Y, Yang X, Zhang XH. Bacterioplanoides pacificum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater of South Pacific Gyre. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5010-5015.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Bacterioplanoides Wang et al. 2016. Publication: Wang Y, Yu M, Liu Y, Yang X, Zhang XH. Bacterioplanoides pacificum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater of South Pacific Gyre. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5010-5015.
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Bacterioplanoides Wang et al. 2016

Assigned by: Wang Y, Yu M, Liu Y, Yang X, Zhang XH. Bacterioplanoides pacificum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater of South Pacific Gyre. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5010-5015.

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