Name: Cellvibrio fibrivorans Mergaert et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fi.bri’vo.rans. L. fem. n. fibra, fibre; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. masc. part. adj. fibrivorans, fibre-devouring

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kell-WI-bri-o fi-BRI-wo-rans, masculine

Type strain: ACM 5172; DSM 23887; LMG 18561; R-4079

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16S rRNA gene: AJ289164 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mergaert J, Lednicka D, Goris J, Cnockaert MC, De Vos P, Swings J. Taxonomic study of Cellvibrio strains and description of Cellvibrio ostraviensis sp. nov., Cellvibrio fibrivorans sp. nov. and Cellvibrio gandavensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:465-471. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:939-940.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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Parent taxon: Cellvibrio (ex Winogradsky 1929) Blackall et al. 1986

Assigned by: Mergaert J, Lednicka D, Goris J, Cnockaert MC, De Vos P, Swings J. Taxonomic study of Cellvibrio strains and description of Cellvibrio ostraviensis sp. nov., Cellvibrio fibrivorans sp. nov. and Cellvibrio gandavensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:465-471. 🇧🇪

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