Name: Pelagibius litoralis Choi et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to.ra’lis. L. masc./fem. adj. litoralis, of the shore

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CL-UU02; JCM 15426; KCCM 42323

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16S rRNA gene: DQ401091 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Choi DH, Hwang CY, Cho BC. Pelagibius litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:818-823.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1557-1558.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pelagibius Choi et al. 2009. Publication: Choi DH, Hwang CY, Cho BC. Pelagibius litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:818-823.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Pelagibius Choi et al. 2009

Assigned by: Choi DH, Hwang CY, Cho BC. Pelagibius litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium in the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:818-823.

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