Name: Dysgonomonas alginatilytica Kita et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.gi.na.ti.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. alginatum, alginate; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. alginatilytica, alginate-dissolving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 100214; HUA-2; HUT 8134

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC021528 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kita A, Miura T, Okamura Y, Aki T, Matsumura Y, Tajima T, Kato J, Nakashimada Y. Dysgonomonas alginatilytica sp. nov., an alginate-degrading bacterium isolated from a microbial consortium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3570-3575.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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: Dysgonomonas Hofstad et al. 2000

Assigned by: Kita A, Miura T, Okamura Y, Aki T, Matsumura Y, Tajima T, Kato J, Nakashimada Y. Dysgonomonas alginatilytica sp. nov., an alginate-degrading bacterium isolated from a microbial consortium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3570-3575.

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