Name: Neptuniibacter pectenicola Diéguez et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pec.te.ni’co.la. L. masc. n. pecten, scallop; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. pectenicola, scallop dweller

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CECT 8936; DSM 100781; LFT 1.8

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT549010 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dieguez AL, Balboa S, Magnesen T, Romalde JL. Neptuniibacter pectenicola sp. nov. and Neptuniibacter marinus sp. nov., two novel species isolated from a Great scallop (Pecten maximus) hatchery in Norway and emended description of the genus Neptuniibacter. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:80-85.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 177. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3140-3143.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Neptuniibacter Arahal et al. 2007

Assigned by: Dieguez AL, Balboa S, Magnesen T, Romalde JL. Neptuniibacter pectenicola sp. nov. and Neptuniibacter marinus sp. nov., two novel species isolated from a Great scallop (Pecten maximus) hatchery in Norway and emended description of the genus Neptuniibacter. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:80-85.

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Record number: 795785