Name: Marortus luteolus Yu et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu.te’o.lus. L. masc. adj. luteolus, yellow, the colour of colonies or pigment that the bacterium produces

Gender: masculine

Type strain: KCTC 62160; MCCC 1K03431; ZX-21

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16S rRNA gene: KY857838 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yu XD, Yu XY, Fu GY, Zhao Z, Shen X, Sun C, Wu M. Marortus luteolus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater of the East Sea in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1490-1495.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2177-2178.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Marortus Yu et al. 2019. Publication: Yu XD, Yu XY, Fu GY, Zhao Z, Shen X, Sun C, Wu M. Marortus luteolus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater of the East Sea in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1490-1495.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), either "Zhongshania marina is reclassified as Marortus, or this species should be reclassified within the genus Zhongshania". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Marortus Yu et al. 2019

Assigned by: Yu XD, Yu XY, Fu GY, Zhao Z, Shen X, Sun C, Wu M. Marortus luteolus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater of the East Sea in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1490-1495.

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