Name: Maritalea porphyrae Fukui et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: por.phy’rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. porphyrae, of Porphyra, from Porphyra yezoensis, the scientific name of the red alga from which the species was first isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: LCM-3; LMG 25872; NBRC 107169

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB583774 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fukui Y, Abe M, Kobayashi M, Ishihara K, Oikawa H, Yano Y, Satomi M. Maritalea porphyrae sp. nov., isolated from a red alga (Porphyra yezoensis), and transfer of Zhangella mobilis to Maritalea mobilis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:43-48.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:757-758.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Maritalea Hwang et al. 2009

Assigned by: Fukui Y, Abe M, Kobayashi M, Ishihara K, Oikawa H, Yano Y, Satomi M. Maritalea porphyrae sp. nov., isolated from a red alga (Porphyra yezoensis), and transfer of Zhangella mobilis to Maritalea mobilis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:43-48.

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Record number: 789635