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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Colwellia echini

Name: Colwellia echini Christiansen et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.chi’ni. L. gen. masc. n. echini, of/from a sea urchin

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … e-KHI-ni, feminine

Type strain: A3; LMG 30125; NCIMB 15095

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY979967 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Christiansen L, Bech PK, Schultz-Johansen M, Martens HJ, Stougaard P. Colwellia echini sp. nov., an agar- and carrageenan-solubilizing bacterium isolated from sea urchin. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:687-691. 🇩🇰

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1409-1410.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Colwellia Deming et al. 1988

Assigned by: Christiansen L, Bech PK, Schultz-Johansen M, Martens HJ, Stougaard P. Colwellia echini sp. nov., an agar- and carrageenan-solubilizing bacterium isolated from sea urchin. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:687-691. 🇩🇰

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Record number: 797541
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