Name: Moritella abyssi Xu et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.bys’si. L. gen. masc./fem. n. abyssi, of/from the abyss

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 2693; JCM 11436; LMG 21258

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16S rRNA gene: AJ252022 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xu Y, Nogi Y, Kato C, Liang Z, Ruger HJ, De Kegel D, Glansdorff N. Moritella profunda sp. nov. and Moritella abyssi sp. nov., two psychropiezophilic organisms isolated from deep Atlantic sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:533-538.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:939-940.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Moritella Urakawa et al. 1999

Assigned by: Xu Y, Nogi Y, Kato C, Liang Z, Ruger HJ, De Kegel D, Glansdorff N. Moritella profunda sp. nov. and Moritella abyssi sp. nov., two psychropiezophilic organisms isolated from deep Atlantic sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:533-538.

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Record number: 784292