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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Janthinobacterium aquaticum

Name: Janthinobacterium aquaticum Lu et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.cum. L. neut. adj. aquaticum, living in water

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-KWA-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: FT58W; GDMCC 1.1676; KACC 21468

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN548378 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lu H, Deng T, Cai Z, Liu F, Yang X, Wang Y, Xu M. Janthinobacterium violaceinigrum sp. nov., Janthinobacterium aquaticum sp. nov. and Janthinobacterium rivuli sp. nov., isolated from a subtropical stream in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2719-2725. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Janthinobacterium De Ley et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lu H, Deng T, Cai Z, Liu F, Yang X, Wang Y, Xu M. Janthinobacterium violaceinigrum sp. nov., Janthinobacterium aquaticum sp. nov. and Janthinobacterium rivuli sp. nov., isolated from a subtropical stream in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2719-2725. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 7273
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