Name: Litorivita pollutaquae Hetharua et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pol.lut.a’quae. L. masc. perf. part. pollutus, polluted; L. fem. n. aqua, water; N.L. gen. fem. n. pollutaquae, of polluted water

Gender: feminine

Type strain: FSX-11; JCM 32715; MCCC 1K03503

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16S rRNA gene: MG051263 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hetharua B, Min D, Liao H, Lin L, Xu H, Tian Y. Litorivita pollutaquae gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from surface seawater of Xiamen Port, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3908-3913.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:600-601.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Litorivita Hetharua et al. 2018. Publication: Hetharua B, Min D, Liao H, Lin L, Xu H, Tian Y. Litorivita pollutaquae gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from surface seawater of Xiamen Port, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3908-3913.
  • The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. The expression "monophyletic clade" is a pleonasm. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.

Parent taxon: Litorivita Hetharua et al. 2018

Assigned by: Hetharua B, Min D, Liao H, Lin L, Xu H, Tian Y. Litorivita pollutaquae gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from surface seawater of Xiamen Port, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3908-3913.

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