Name: Paraphaeobacter pallidus Cai et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pal’li.dus. L. masc. adj. pallidus, pale-coloured

Pronunciation, gender: PAL-li-dus, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.15762; DCSW07; JCM 31458; KCTC 52369; MCCC 1K03197

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16S rRNA gene: KU315483 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cai X, Wang Y, Yang X, Liu J, Wu Y, Zhang XH. Paraphaeobacter pallidus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2520-2526.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Salipiger pallidus (Cai et al. 2017) Du et al. 2021

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Salipiger pallidus (Cai et al. 2017) Du et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Paraphaeobacter Cai et al. 2017. Publication: Cai X, Wang Y, Yang X, Liu J, Wu Y, Zhang XH. Paraphaeobacter pallidus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2520-2526.
  • ❗ Paraphaeobacter pallidus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Paraphaeobacter.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Paraphaeobacter Cai et al. 2017

Assigned by: Cai X, Wang Y, Yang X, Liu J, Wu Y, Zhang XH. Paraphaeobacter pallidus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2520-2526.

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Record number: 795728