Name: Marivivens niveibacter Hu et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.ve.i.bac’ter. L. masc. adj. niveus, white; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. niveibacter, a white rod (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation, gender: ni-we-i-BAK-ter, masculine

Type strain: HSLHS2; KCTC 52588; MCCC 1A06712

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY020996 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hu D, Wang L, Lai Q, Sun F, Shao Z. Marivivens niveibacter sp. nov., isolated from the seawater of tropical mangrove. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:570-574.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1409-1410.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00813 (N = 53).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Marivivens Park et al. 2016

Assigned by: Hu D, Wang L, Lai Q, Sun F, Shao Z. Marivivens niveibacter sp. nov., isolated from the seawater of tropical mangrove. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:570-574.

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Record number: 797525