Name: Kistimonas alittae Ellis et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.lit’tae. N.L. gen. fem. n. alittae, of the marine annelid Alitta

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kis-TI-mo-nas a-LIT-ta͡e, feminine

Type strain: BGP-2; CCUG 65711; JCM 30010

16S rRNA gene: EU797579 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ellis JC, Thomas MS, Lawson PA, Patel NB, Faircloth W, Hayes SE, Linton EE, Norden DM, Severenchuk IS, West CH, et al. Kistimonas alittae sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from the marine annelid Alitta succinea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:235-240. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:875-876.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Kistimonas Choi et al. 2010

Assigned by: Ellis JC, Thomas MS, Lawson PA, Patel NB, Faircloth W, Hayes SE, Linton EE, Norden DM, Severenchuk IS, West CH, et al. Kistimonas alittae sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from the marine annelid Alitta succinea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:235-240. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 798075