Name: Neolewinella agarilytica (Lee 2007) Huang et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lewinella agarilytica Lee 2007

Etymology: a.ga.ri.ly’ti.ca. N.L. fem. adj. lytica, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. agarilytica, agar-dissolving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 24740; JBRI 2009; JCM 14216; KCTC 12774; SST-19

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16S rRNA gene: AM286229 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Huang Z, Hong Q, Lai Q, Zhang Q. Portibacter marinus sp. nov., isolated from the sediment on the surface of plastics and proposal of a novel genus Neolewinella gen. nov. based on the genome-based phylogeny of the family Lewinellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5561.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5762.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Lewinella agarilytica Lee 2007

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lewinella agarilytica Lee 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Neolewinella agarilytica is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Neolewinella.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Neolewinella Huang et al. 2022

Assigned by: Huang Z, Hong Q, Lai Q, Zhang Q. Portibacter marinus sp. nov., isolated from the sediment on the surface of plastics and proposal of a novel genus Neolewinella gen. nov. based on the genome-based phylogeny of the family Lewinellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5561.

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Record number: 31600