Name: Phaeobacter arcticus Zhang et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: arc’ti.cus L. masc. adj. arcticus, northern, arctic, referring to the site from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strains: 20188; CGMCC 1.6500; DSM 23566; JCM 14644

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16S rRNA gene: DQ514304 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang DC, Li HR, Xin YH, Liu HC, Chi ZM, Zhou PJ, Yu Y. Phaeobacter arcticus sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from the Arctic. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1384-1387.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1995-1996.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudophaeobacter arcticus (Zhang et al. 2008) Breider et al. 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudophaeobacter arcticus (Zhang et al. 2008) Breider et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute Community Sequencing Programme. Publication: Freese HM, Dalingault H, Petersen J, Pradella S, Davenport K, Teshima H, Chen A, Pati A, Ivanova N, Goodwin LA, et al. Genome sequence of the phage-gene rich marine Phaeobacter arcticus type strain DSM 23566(T.). Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 8:450-464.

Parent taxon: Phaeobacter Martens et al. 2006

Assigned by: Zhang DC, Li HR, Xin YH, Liu HC, Chi ZM, Zhou PJ, Yu Y. Phaeobacter arcticus sp. nov., a psychrophilic bacterium isolated from the Arctic. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1384-1387.

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