Name: Paramoritella alkaliphila Hosoya et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li’phi.la. N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (indeclinable); N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. alkaliphila, loving alkaline conditions

Gender: feminine

Type strain: A3F-7; DSM 19956; MBIC 6429

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16S rRNA gene: AB364966 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hosoya S, Suzuki S, Adachi K, Matsuda S, Kasai H. Paramoritella alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Moritellaceae isolated in the Republic of Palau. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:411-416.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:926-927.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Yang et al. 2013 Yang SH, Seo HS, Lee JH, Kim SJ, Kwon KK. Paramoritella sediminis sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment, and emended descriptions of the genus Paramoritella Hosoya et al. 2009 and Paramoritella alkaliphila. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2265-2269. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Paramoritella Hosoya et al. 2009. Publication: Hosoya S, Suzuki S, Adachi K, Matsuda S, Kasai H. Paramoritella alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Moritellaceae isolated in the Republic of Palau. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:411-416.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Paramoritella Hosoya et al. 2009

Assigned by: Hosoya S, Suzuki S, Adachi K, Matsuda S, Kasai H. Paramoritella alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Moritellaceae isolated in the Republic of Palau. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:411-416.

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