Name: Parvularcula bermudensis Cho and Giovannoni 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ber.mu.den’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. bermudensis, from the Bermuda Islands, the geographical origin of the type strain of the species

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-594; HTCC 2503; KCTC 12087

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF544015 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cho JC, Giovannoni SJ. Parvularcula bermudensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium that forms a deep branch in the alpha-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1031-1036.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Parvularcula Cho and Giovannoni 2003. Publication: Cho JC, Giovannoni SJ. Parvularcula bermudensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium that forms a deep branch in the alpha-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1031-1036.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Parvularcula Cho and Giovannoni 2003

Assigned by: Cho JC, Giovannoni SJ. Parvularcula bermudensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium that forms a deep branch in the alpha-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1031-1036.

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