Name: Eionea nigra Urios et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni’gra. L. fem. adj. nigra, black, referring to the colour of the colonies of the type strain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 17X/A02/237; CIP 109759; DSM 19752; MOLA 288

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AY576771 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Urios L, Intertaglia L, Lesongeur F, Lebaron P. Eionea nigra gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from the Mediterranean Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1677-1681.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2331-2332.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Eionea Urios et al. 2011. Publication: Urios L, Intertaglia L, Lesongeur F, Lebaron P. Eionea nigra gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from the Mediterranean Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1677-1681.
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Eionea Urios et al. 2011

Assigned by: Urios L, Intertaglia L, Lesongeur F, Lebaron P. Eionea nigra gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from the Mediterranean Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1677-1681.

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Record number: 786836