Name: Formosa algae Ivanova et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’gae. L. gen. fem. n. algae, of an alga, pertaining to the source of isolation, brown algae

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 107684; KCTC 12364; KMM 3553

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16S rRNA gene: AY228461 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ivanova EP, Alexeeva YV, Flavier S, Wright JP, Zhukova NV, Gorshkova NM, Mikhailov VV, Nicolau DV, Christen R. Formosa algae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:705-711.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nedashkovskaya et al. 2006 Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SB, Vancanneyt M, Snauwaert C, Lysenko AM, Rohde M, Frolova GM, Zhukova NV, Mikhailov VV, Bae KS, et al. Formosa agariphila sp. nov., a budding bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from marine environments, and emended description of the genus Formosa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:161-167. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:679-680.
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Formosa Ivanova et al. 2004. Publication: Ivanova EP, Alexeeva YV, Flavier S, Wright JP, Zhukova NV, Gorshkova NM, Mikhailov VV, Nicolau DV, Christen R. Formosa algae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:705-711.
  • 😢 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 17 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Formosa Ivanova et al. 2004

Assigned by: Ivanova EP, Alexeeva YV, Flavier S, Wright JP, Zhukova NV, Gorshkova NM, Mikhailov VV, Nicolau DV, Christen R. Formosa algae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:705-711.

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