Name: Cellvibrio ostraviensis Mergaert et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: os.tra.vi.en’sis. L. masc./fem. adj. ostraviensis, pertaining to Ostravia, the Latin name of Ostrava, the town in the Czech Republic where the strains were isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ACM 5173; DSM 16616; LMG 19434; R-8322

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16S rRNA gene: AJ493583 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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  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: 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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Record number: 774579