Name: Endozoicomonas acroporae Sheu et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.cro’po.rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. acroporae, of Acropora, isolated from a coral belonging to the genus Acropora

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-KRO-po-ra͡e, feminine

Type strain: Acr-14; BCRC 80922; KCTC 42901; LMG 29482

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16S rRNA gene: LN875493 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sheu SY, Lin KR, Hsu MY, Sheu DS, Tang SL, Chen WM. Endozoicomonas acroporae sp. nov., isolated from Acropora coral. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3791-3797. 🇹🇼

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:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Endozoicomonas Kurahashi and Yokota 2007

Assigned by: Sheu SY, Lin KR, Hsu MY, Sheu DS, Tang SL, Chen WM. Endozoicomonas acroporae sp. nov., isolated from Acropora coral. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3791-3797. 🇹🇼

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Record number: 796124