Name: Crocinitomix catalasitica Bowman et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cat.a.la.si’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. catalasum, catalase; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, relating to; N.L. fem. adj. catalasitica, relating to catalase, pertaining to the ability of this species to produce catalase

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 23190; DSM 4133; NCIMB 1418; NCMB 1418

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB078042 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bowman JP, Nichols CM, Gibson JA. Algoriphagus ratkowskyi gen. nov., sp. nov., Brumimicrobium glaciale gen. nov., sp. nov., Cryomorpha ignava gen. nov., sp. nov. and Crocinitomix catalasitica gen. nov., sp. nov., novel flavobacteria isolated from various polar habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1343-1355.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Microscilla aggregans subsp. catalatica" Lewin 1969	homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Crocinitomix Bowman et al. 2003. Publication: Bowman JP, Nichols CM, Gibson JA. Algoriphagus ratkowskyi gen. nov., sp. nov., Brumimicrobium glaciale gen. nov., sp. nov., Cryomorpha ignava gen. nov., sp. nov. and Crocinitomix catalasitica gen. nov., sp. nov., novel flavobacteria isolated from various polar habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1343-1355.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The authors incorrectly gave several basonyms, violating Rule 34a. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.
  • 🧍 Crocinitomix catalasitica Bowman et al. 2003 was previously known as "Microscilla aggregans var. catalatica", "Microscilla aggregans subsp. catalatica" or "Flexibacter aggregans var. catalaticus". Publication: Lewin RA. A classification of flexibacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1969; 58:189-206.

Parent taxon: Crocinitomix Bowman et al. 2003

Assigned by: Bowman JP, Nichols CM, Gibson JA. Algoriphagus ratkowskyi gen. nov., sp. nov., Brumimicrobium glaciale gen. nov., sp. nov., Cryomorpha ignava gen. nov., sp. nov. and Crocinitomix catalasitica gen. nov., sp. nov., novel flavobacteria isolated from various polar habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1343-1355.

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