Name: Octadecabacter ponticola Park et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pon.ti’co.la. L. masc. n. pontus, the sea; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, a dweller, inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. ponticola, a dweller of sea

Gender: masculine

Type strain: HDSW-34; KCTC 52250; NBRC 112296

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16S rRNA gene: KX073749 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park S, Yoon SY, Jung YT, Yoon JH. Octadecabacterponticola sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4179-4184.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4-6.

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 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Octadecabacter Gosink et al. 1998

Assigned by: Park S, Yoon SY, Jung YT, Yoon JH. Octadecabacterponticola sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4179-4184.

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Record number: 794696