Name: "Ningiella algicola" Bayburt et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.gi’co.la. L. fem. n. alga, an alga; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. algicola, an alga dweller

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … al-GI-ko-la, feminine

Nomenclatural type: JCM 35964; KACC 23126; W23

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Original publication: Bayburt H, Kim JM, Choi BJ, Lee JK, Jeon CO. Ningiella algicola sp. nov. and Marinicella algicola sp. nov., proposal of Paralteromonas gen. Nov. and Neoalteromonas gen. Nov. with reclassification of Alteromonas species, and reclassification of Methylophaga aminisulfidivorans as a later heterotypic synonym of Methylophaga thalassica. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 2026; 49:126685. 🇰🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Ningiella Fotedar et al. 2020

Assigned by: Bayburt H, Kim JM, Choi BJ, Lee JK, Jeon CO. Ningiella algicola sp. nov. and Marinicella algicola sp. nov., proposal of Paralteromonas gen. Nov. and Neoalteromonas gen. Nov. with reclassification of Alteromonas species, and reclassification of Methylophaga aminisulfidivorans as a later heterotypic synonym of Methylophaga thalassica. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 2026; 49:126685. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 69672