Name: Lentibacter algarum Li et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’ga.rum. L. gen. fem. pl. n. algarum, of/ from sea-weeds, isolated from Qingdao, China

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.10234; LMG 24861; ZXM100

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: FJ436732 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li Z, Qu Z, Zhang X, Zhang XH. Lentibacter algarum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from coastal water during a massive green algae bloom. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1042-1047.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1723-1724.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Lentibacter Li et al. 2012. Publication: Li Z, Qu Z, Zhang X, Zhang XH. Lentibacter algarum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from coastal water during a massive green algae bloom. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1042-1047.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Lentibacter Li et al. 2012

Assigned by: Li Z, Qu Z, Zhang X, Zhang XH. Lentibacter algarum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from coastal water during a massive green algae bloom. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1042-1047.

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