Name: Endozoicomonas elysicola Kurahashi and Yokota 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.ly.si.co’la. N.L. fem. n. Elysia, Elysia, name of zoological genus; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. elysicola, Elysia dweller

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 22380; IAM 15107; JCM 21568; KCTC 12372; MKT 110

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB196667 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kurahashi M, Yokota A. Endozoicomonas elysicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a gamma-proteobacterium isolated from the sea slug Elysia ornata. Syst Appl Microbiol 2007; 30:202-206.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 116. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1371-1373.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Endozoicomonas Kurahashi and Yokota 2007. Publication: Kurahashi M, Yokota A. Endozoicomonas elysicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a gamma-proteobacterium isolated from the sea slug Elysia ornata. Syst Appl Microbiol 2007; 30:202-206.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times 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: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.
  • 🧍 In the etymology provided in the effective publication, the specific epithet elysicola is erroneously cited as elysiicola. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Endozoicomonas Kurahashi and Yokota 2007

Assigned by: Kurahashi M, Yokota A. Endozoicomonas elysicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a gamma-proteobacterium isolated from the sea slug Elysia ornata. Syst Appl Microbiol 2007; 30:202-206.

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