Name: Congregibacter litoralis Spring et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to.ra’lis. L. masc./fem. adj. litoralis, of or belonging to the sea-shore, pertaining to the habitat from where the organism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 17192; KT71; NBRC 104960

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16S rRNA gene: AAOA01000004 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Spring S, Lunsdorf H, Fuchs BM, Tindall BJ. The photosynthetic apparatus and its regulation in the aerobic gammaproteobacterium Congregibacter litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov. PLoS One 2009; 4:e4866.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 128. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1555-1556.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Congregibacter Spring et al. 2009. Publication: Spring S, Lunsdorf H, Fuchs BM, Tindall BJ. The photosynthetic apparatus and its regulation in the aerobic gammaproteobacterium Congregibacter litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov. PLoS One 2009; 4:e4866.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 14 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Congregibacter Spring et al. 2009

Assigned by: Spring S, Lunsdorf H, Fuchs BM, Tindall BJ. The photosynthetic apparatus and its regulation in the aerobic gammaproteobacterium Congregibacter litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov. PLoS One 2009; 4:e4866.

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Record number: 787760