Name: Bizionia algoritergicola Bowman and Nichols 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.go.ri.ter.gi’co.la. L. masc. n. algor, the cold; L. neut. n. tergum, outer covering or surface; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, the dweller, inhabitant; N.L. masc./fem. n. algoritergicola, the inhabitant of a cold surface/covering

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … al-go-ri-ter-GI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: ACAM 1056; APA-1; CIP 108533; KMM 8430

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY694003 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bowman JP, Nichols DS. Novel members of the family Flavobacteriaceae from Antarctic maritime habitats including Subsaximicrobium wynnwilliamsii gen. nov., sp. nov., Subsaximicrobium saxinquilinus sp. nov., Subsaxibacter broadyi gen. nov., sp. nov., Lacinutrix copepodicola gen. nov., sp. nov., and novel species of the genera Bizionia, Gelidibacter and Gillisia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1471-1486. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2239-2241.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Algorimicrobium algoritergicola" (Bowman and Nichols 2005) Kurilenko et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Algorimicrobium algoritergicola" (Bowman and Nichols 2005) García-López et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Bizionia Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Assigned by: Bowman JP, Nichols DS. Novel members of the family Flavobacteriaceae from Antarctic maritime habitats including Subsaximicrobium wynnwilliamsii gen. nov., sp. nov., Subsaximicrobium saxinquilinus sp. nov., Subsaxibacter broadyi gen. nov., sp. nov., Lacinutrix copepodicola gen. nov., sp. nov., and novel species of the genera Bizionia, Gelidibacter and Gillisia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1471-1486. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 783510