Name: Maripseudobacter aurantiacus Chen et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.ran.ti’a.cus. N.L. masc. adj. aurantiacus, orange-coloured, referring to the orange colour of the colonies

Pronunciation, gender: a͡u-ran-TI-a-kus, masculine

Type strain: CDA 4; KCTC 52409; MCCC 1K03210

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX364240 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen C, Su Y, Tao T, Fu G, Zhang C, Sun C, Zhang X, Wu M. Maripseudobacter aurantiacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a sedimentation basin. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:778-783.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2079-2080.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Maribacter aurantiacus (Chen et al. 2017) Khan et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Maribacter aurantiacus (Chen et al. 2017) Khan et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Maripseudobacter Chen et al. 2017. Publication: Chen C, Su Y, Tao T, Fu G, Zhang C, Sun C, Zhang X, Wu M. Maripseudobacter aurantiacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a sedimentation basin. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:778-783.
  • ❗ Maripseudobacter aurantiacus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Maripseudobacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Maripseudobacter Chen et al. 2017

Assigned by: Chen C, Su Y, Tao T, Fu G, Zhang C, Sun C, Zhang X, Wu M. Maripseudobacter aurantiacus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a sedimentation basin. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:778-783.

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Record number: 795190