Name: Pelagibaculum spongiae Knobloch et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spon’gi.ae. L. gen. fem. n. spongiae, of a sponge, pertaining to the isolation source of the type strain

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CECT 9367; DSM 104963; Hp12

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MG877746 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Knobloch S, Daussin A, Johannsson R, Marteinsson V. Pelagibaculum spongiae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine sponge in South-West Iceland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2129-2134.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2963-2965.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pelagibaculum Knobloch et al. 2019. Publication: Knobloch S, Daussin A, Johannsson R, Marteinsson V. Pelagibaculum spongiae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine sponge in South-West Iceland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2129-2134.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species of Alcanivoracaceae affiliates with Sinobacterium (Spongibacteraceae) and may be reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Pelagibaculum Knobloch et al. 2019

Assigned by: Knobloch S, Daussin A, Johannsson R, Marteinsson V. Pelagibaculum spongiae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine sponge in South-West Iceland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2129-2134.

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Record number: 801269