Name: Costertonia aggregata Kwon et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ag.gre.ga’ta. L. fem. part. adj. aggregata, joined together, referring to the formation of aggregates during cultivation in liquid medium

Gender: feminine

Type strain: JCM 13411; KCCM 42265; KOPRI 13342

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16S rRNA gene: DQ167246 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kwon KK, Lee YK, Lee HK. Costertonia aggregata gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from a mature biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1349-1353.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2029-2030.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Costertonia Kwon et al. 2006. Publication: Kwon KK, Lee YK, Lee HK. Costertonia aggregata gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from a mature biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1349-1353.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Costertonia Kwon et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kwon KK, Lee YK, Lee HK. Costertonia aggregata gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from a mature biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1349-1353.

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