Name: Marinifilum breve Fu et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bre’ve. L. neut. adj. breve, short, the shape of the cell

Pronunciation, gender: BRE-we, neuter

Type strain: JC075; JCM 32401; KCTC 15646; MCCC 1K03477

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF942877 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fu T, Jia C, Fu L, Zhou S, Yao P, Du R, Sun H, Yang Z, Shi X, Zhang XH. Marinifilum breve sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from the Yongle Blue Hole in the South China Sea and emended description of the genus Marinifilum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3540-3545.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:297-298.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Marinifilum Na et al. 2009

Assigned by: Fu T, Jia C, Fu L, Zhou S, Yao P, Du R, Sun H, Yang Z, Shi X, Zhang XH. Marinifilum breve sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from the Yongle Blue Hole in the South China Sea and emended description of the genus Marinifilum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3540-3545.

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Record number: 797930