Name: Hydrogenophaga crassostreae Baek et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: crass.os’tre.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. crassostreae, pertaining to Crassostrea, the genus name of the Pacific oyster, Crassostreae gigas, from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: JCM 31188; KACC 18705; LPB0072

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16S rRNA gene: KU198320 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Baek C, Kim E, Shin SK, Choi S, Yi H. Hydrogenophaga crassostreae sp. nov., isolated from a Pacific oyster. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4045-4049.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Hydrogenophaga Willems et al. 1989

Assigned by: Baek C, Kim E, Shin SK, Choi S, Yi H. Hydrogenophaga crassostreae sp. nov., isolated from a Pacific oyster. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4045-4049.

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Record number: 796092