Name: Hasllibacter halocynthiae Kim et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.cyn’thi.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. halocynthiae, of Halocynthia roretzi the ascidian from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 29318; JCM 16214; KCCM 90082; KME 2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ638616 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim SH, Yang HO, Shin YK, Kwon HC. Hasllibacter halocynthiae gen. nov., sp. nov., a nutriacholic acid-producing bacterium isolated from the marine ascidian Halocynthia roretzi. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:624-631.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Hasllibacter Kim et al. 2012. Publication: Kim SH, Yang HO, Shin YK, Kwon HC. Hasllibacter halocynthiae gen. nov., sp. nov., a nutriacholic acid-producing bacterium isolated from the marine ascidian Halocynthia roretzi. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:624-631.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Hasllibacter Kim et al. 2012

Assigned by: Kim SH, Yang HO, Shin YK, Kwon HC. Hasllibacter halocynthiae gen. nov., sp. nov., a nutriacholic acid-producing bacterium isolated from the marine ascidian Halocynthia roretzi. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:624-631.

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