Name: Cribrihabitans pelagius Yoon et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.la’gi.us. L. masc. adj. pelagius, of the sea, marine

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pe-LA-gi-us, masculine

Type strain: KCTC 42981; KMU-32; NBRC 111834

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16S rRNA gene: LC101916 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon J, Lee KC, Lee JS. Cribrihabitans pelagius sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3195-3200. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Cribrihabitans Chen et al. 2014

Assigned by: Yoon J, Lee KC, Lee JS. Cribrihabitans pelagius sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3195-3200. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 794429