Name: Hongiella ornithinivorans Yi and Chun 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: or.ni.thi.ni.vo.rans. N.L. fem. n. ornithina, ornithine; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. ornithinivorans, ornithine-devouring, utilizing ornithine

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 15282; IMSNU 14014; JC2052; KCTC 12052

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY264840 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yi H, Chun J. Hongiella mannitolivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., Hongiella halophila sp. nov. and Hongiella ornithinivorans sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:157-162.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Algoriphagus ornithinivorans (Yi and Chun 2004) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Algoriphagus ornithinivorans (Yi and Chun 2004) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Hongiella ornithinivorans is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Hongiella.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Hongiella Yi and Chun 2004

Assigned by: Yi H, Chun J. Hongiella mannitolivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., Hongiella halophila sp. nov. and Hongiella ornithinivorans sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:157-162.

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Record number: 786737