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Species Photobacterium pectinilyticum
Name: Photobacterium pectinilyticum Ding et al. 2025
Etymology: pec.ti.ni.ly’ti.cum. N.L. neut. n. pectinum, pectin; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loosen, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. pectinilyticum, pectin-dissolving
Pronunciation, gender: pek-ti-ni-LY-ti-kum, neuter
Type strain: KCTC 82885; MCCC 1K06283; ZSDE20
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MZ047095
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Ding Y, Zhang P, Liu Y, Liu M, Wang Y, Liu R, Yu S, Zhang XH, Wang X. Photobacterium pectinilyticum sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from surface seawater of Qingdao offshore. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 117:97. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 223. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6699.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-03.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
Parent taxon: Photobacterium Beijerinck 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Ding Y, Zhang P, Liu Y, Liu M, Wang Y, Liu R, Yu S, Zhang XH, Wang X. Photobacterium pectinilyticum sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from surface seawater of Qingdao offshore. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 117:97.
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Record number: 65744
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