Species Lutibacter agarilyticus

Name: Lutibacter agarilyticus Park et al. 2013

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ga.ri.ly’ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. agarum, agar-agar, algal polysaccharide; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. agarilyticus, agar-dissolving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lu-ti-BAK-ter a-ga-ri-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 29150; JCM 18281; KCTC 23842; KYW566

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN864028 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park SC, Choe HN, Hwang YM, Baik KS, Seong CN. Lutibacter agarilyticus sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from shallow coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2678-2683. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3549-3550.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪 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:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09664 (N = 52).
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Lutibacter Choi and Cho 2006

Assigned by: Park SC, Choe HN, Hwang YM, Baik KS, Seong CN. Lutibacter agarilyticus sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from shallow coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2678-2683. 🇰🇷

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