Name: Croceivirga radicis Hu et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ra’di.cis. L. gen. fem. n. radicis, of a root, the source of isolation of the type strain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: HSG9; KCTC 52589; MCCC 1A06690

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY020995 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hu D, Wang L, Chen Y, Li X, Du Y, Sun F, Wang L, Fan C, Zhao R, Tang C, et al. Croceivirga radicis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a rotten tropical mangrove root. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3733-3738.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Croceivirga Hu et al. 2017. Publication: Hu D, Wang L, Chen Y, Li X, Du Y, Sun F, Wang L, Fan C, Zhao R, Tang C, et al. Croceivirga radicis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a rotten tropical mangrove root. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3733-3738.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Croceivirga Hu et al. 2017

Assigned by: Hu D, Wang L, Chen Y, Li X, Du Y, Sun F, Wang L, Fan C, Zhao R, Tang C, et al. Croceivirga radicis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a rotten tropical mangrove root. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3733-3738.

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Record number: 796049