Name: Mariniflexile fucanivorans Barbeyron et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fu.ca’ni.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. fucanum, fucan (polyfucose); L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; from L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. fucanivorans, fucan-devouring

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CIP 109502; DSM 18792; SW5

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ628046 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Barbeyron T, L'Haridon S, Michel G, Czjzek M. Mariniflexile fucanivorans sp. nov., a marine member of the Flavobacteriaceae that degrades sulphated fucans from brown algae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2107-2113.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2675-2676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05606 (N = 48).

Parent taxon: Mariniflexile Nedashkovskaya et al. 2006

Assigned by: Barbeyron T, L'Haridon S, Michel G, Czjzek M. Mariniflexile fucanivorans sp. nov., a marine member of the Flavobacteriaceae that degrades sulphated fucans from brown algae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2107-2113.

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Record number: 787532