Name: Neptunomonas phycophila Frommlet et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: phy.co’phi.la. Gr. neut. n. phŷkos, algae; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. phycophila, algae-loving, referring to its association with Symbiodinium algae

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CECT 8716; LMG 28329; SYM1

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16S rRNA gene: KM591221 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Frommlet J, Guimaraes B, Sousa L, Serodio J, Alves A. Neptunomonas phycophila sp. nov. isolated from a culture of Symbiodinium sp., a dinoflagellate symbiont of the sea anemone Aiptasia tagetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:915-919.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1701-1702.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Neptunomonas Hedlund et al. 1999

Assigned by: Frommlet J, Guimaraes B, Sousa L, Serodio J, Alves A. Neptunomonas phycophila sp. nov. isolated from a culture of Symbiodinium sp., a dinoflagellate symbiont of the sea anemone Aiptasia tagetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:915-919.

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Record number: 792636