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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Maribacter spongiicola

Name: Maribacter spongiicola Jackson et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spon.gi.i’co.la. L. fem. n. spongia, sponge; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. spongiicola, sponge inhabitant

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ma-ri-BAK-ter spon-gi-I-ko-la, masculine

Type strain: DSM 25233; NCIMB 14725; W15M10

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16S rRNA gene: JX050191 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Jackson SA, Kennedy J, Morrissey JP, O'Gara F, Dobson AD. Maribacter spongiicola sp. nov. and Maribacter vaceletii sp. nov., isolated from marine sponges, and emended description of the genus Maribacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2097-2103. 🇮🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3233-3234.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Maribacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004

Assigned by: Jackson SA, Kennedy J, Morrissey JP, O'Gara F, Dobson AD. Maribacter spongiicola sp. nov. and Maribacter vaceletii sp. nov., isolated from marine sponges, and emended description of the genus Maribacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2097-2103. 🇮🇪

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Record number: 792931

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