Name: "Nesiotobacter exalbescens" Park et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ex.al.bes’cens. L. masc. part. adj. exalbescens, becoming white, growing white, referring to the fading color of maturing colonies

Pronunciation, gender: eks-al-BES-kens, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC BAA-994; BAA-994; CIP 108449; DSM 16456; LA33B

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF513441 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Park MJ, Kim J, Kim YJ, Yu J, Jin H, Woo S, Zo YG, Kwon KK. Genome-based reclassification of the family Stappiaceae and assessment of environmental forcing with the report of two novel taxa, Flexibacterium corallicola gen. nov., sp. nov., and Nesiotobacter zosterae sp. nov., isolated from coral and seagrass. PLoS One 2025; 20:e0322500.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Pseudovibrio exalbescens (Donachie et al. 2006) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudovibrio exalbescens (Donachie et al. 2006) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Nesiotobacter exalbescens Donachie et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Parent taxon: Nesiotobacter Donachie et al. 2006

Assigned by: Park MJ, Kim J, Kim YJ, Yu J, Jin H, Woo S, Zo YG, Kwon KK. Genome-based reclassification of the family Stappiaceae and assessment of environmental forcing with the report of two novel taxa, Flexibacterium corallicola gen. nov., sp. nov., and Nesiotobacter zosterae sp. nov., isolated from coral and seagrass. PLoS One 2025; 20:e0322500.

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Record number: 65339