Name: Eilatimonas milleporae Paramasivam et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mil.le.po’ra.e. N.L. gen. fem. n. milleporae, of Millepora, isolated from the hydrocoral Millepora dichotoma

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 25217; LMG 26586; MD2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ288781 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Paramasivam N, Ben-Dov E, Arotsker L, Kushmaro A. Eilatimonas milleporae gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from the hydrocoral Millepora dichotoma. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1880-1884.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2755-2756.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Eilatimonas Paramasivam et al. 2013. Publication: Paramasivam N, Ben-Dov E, Arotsker L, Kushmaro A. Eilatimonas milleporae gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from the hydrocoral Millepora dichotoma. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1880-1884.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Eilatimonas Paramasivam et al. 2013

Assigned by: Paramasivam N, Ben-Dov E, Arotsker L, Kushmaro A. Eilatimonas milleporae gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from the hydrocoral Millepora dichotoma. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1880-1884.

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Record number: 790708