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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Phaeobacter cretensis

Name: Phaeobacter cretensis Svendsen et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cre.ten’sis. N.L. masc. adj. cretensis, pertaining to Crete, referring to the source of isolation

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kre-TEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: C3_T13_0; DSM 118664; LMG 33738

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16S rRNA gene: PV055795 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Svendsen PB, Sander MR, Hobbs CJE, Staffeldt P, Melchiorsen J, Kirstein S, Liu Y, Kempen P, Bentzon-Tilia M, Gram L, et al. Phaeobacter cretensis sp. nov. and Phaeobacter bryozoorum sp. nov., isolated from seawater from off the coast of Crete and from Roskilde Fjord in Denmark. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6902. 🇩🇰

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6926.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Phaeobacter Martens et al. 2006

Assigned by: Svendsen PB, Sander MR, Hobbs CJE, Staffeldt P, Melchiorsen J, Kirstein S, Liu Y, Kempen P, Bentzon-Tilia M, Gram L, et al. Phaeobacter cretensis sp. nov. and Phaeobacter bryozoorum sp. nov., isolated from seawater from off the coast of Crete and from Roskilde Fjord in Denmark. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6902. 🇩🇰

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Record number: 67199
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