Name: Endozoicomonas gorgoniicola Pike et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gor.go.ni.i’co.la. Gr. fem. n. Gorgonia, name of a zoological genus; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. gorgoniicola, Gorgonia dweller

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … gor-go-ni-I-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: CECT 8353; DSM 26534; NCCB 100438; PS125

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX488685 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pike RE, Haltli B, Kerr RG. Description of Endozoicomonas euniceicola sp. nov. and Endozoicomonas gorgoniicola sp. nov., bacteria isolated from the octocorals Eunicea fusca and Plexaura sp., and an emended description of the genus Endozoicomonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4294-4302. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:313-315.

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: Pike RE, Haltli B, Kerr RG. Description of Endozoicomonas euniceicola sp. nov. and Endozoicomonas gorgoniicola sp. nov., bacteria isolated from the octocorals Eunicea fusca and Plexaura sp., and an emended description of the genus Endozoicomonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4294-4302. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 791246