Name: Mariniblastus fucicola Lage et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fu.ci.co.la. N.L. masc. n. Fucus, a genus of brown algae; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. fucicola, inhabitant of Fucus, a genus of brown algae from which this strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 26290; FC18; LMG 29748

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ845450 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lage OM, Albuquerque L, Lobo-da Cunha A, da Costa MS. Mariniblastus fucicola gen. nov., sp. nov. a novel planctomycete associated with macroalgae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1571-1576.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Mariniblastus Lage et al. 2017. Publication: Lage OM, Albuquerque L, Lobo-da Cunha A, da Costa MS. Mariniblastus fucicola gen. nov., sp. nov. a novel planctomycete associated with macroalgae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1571-1576.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Mariniblastus Lage et al. 2017

Assigned by: Lage OM, Albuquerque L, Lobo-da Cunha A, da Costa MS. Mariniblastus fucicola gen. nov., sp. nov. a novel planctomycete associated with macroalgae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1571-1576.

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