Name: Mangrovivirga cuniculi Sefrji et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cu.ni’cu.li. L. gen. masc. n. cuniculi, of a burrow, named because the type species was isolated from a crab burrow

Pronunciation, gender: ku-NI-ku-li, feminine

Type strain: JCM 33609; KCTC 72349; NCCB 100698; R1DC9

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16S rRNA gene: MT146883 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sefrji FO, Michoud G, Marasco R, Merlino G, Daffonchio D. Mangrovivirga cuniculi gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from bioturbated Red Sea mangrove sediment, and proposal of the novel family Mangrovivirgaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4866.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5006.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Mangrovivirga Sefrji et al. 2021. Publication: Sefrji FO, Michoud G, Marasco R, Merlino G, Daffonchio D. Mangrovivirga cuniculi gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from bioturbated Red Sea mangrove sediment, and proposal of the novel family Mangrovivirgaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4866.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Mangrovivirga Sefrji et al. 2021

Assigned by: Sefrji FO, Michoud G, Marasco R, Merlino G, Daffonchio D. Mangrovivirga cuniculi gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from bioturbated Red Sea mangrove sediment, and proposal of the novel family Mangrovivirgaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4866.

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Record number: 11578