Name: "Microcyclus marinus" Raj 1976

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’nus. L. masc. adj. marinus, marine

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25205; DSM 745; LMG 13164; Raj

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ575266 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Raj HD. A new species: Microcyclus marinus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:528-544.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Cyclobacterium marinum corrig. (Raj 1976) Raj and Maloy 1990

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cyclobacterium marinus (Raj 1976) Raj and Maloy 1990	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Flectobacillus marinus (Raj 1976) Borrall and Larkin 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Cyclobacterium marinum corrig. (Raj 1976) Raj and Maloy 1990	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No".

Parent taxon: Microcyclus Ørskov 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Raj HD. A new species: Microcyclus marinus. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1976; 26:528-544.

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Record number: 778141