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. — 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: 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