Name: Bizionia myxarmorum Bowman and Nichols 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: myx.ar.mor’um. Gr. fem. n. myxa, slime; L. gen. neut. pl. n. armorum, defensive armour; N.L. gen. neut. pl. n. myxarmorum, of armour slime (of the slime on the carapace of crustacean host)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ACAM 1058; ADA-4; CIP 108535

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY694002 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 myxarmorum" (Bowman and Nichols 2005) Garcia-Lopez 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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: 783512