Name: Phreatobacter stygius Lee et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sty’gi.us. L. masc. adj. stygius, of the Styx, Stygian, of the lower world, the site that the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 103734; KCTC 52518; YC6-17

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT719153 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee SD, Joung Y, Cho JC. Phreatobacter stygius sp. nov., isolated from pieces of wood in a lava cave and emended description of the genus Phreatobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3296-3300.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4881-4883.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Phreatobacter Tóth et al. 2014

Assigned by: Lee SD, Joung Y, Cho JC. Phreatobacter stygius sp. nov., isolated from pieces of wood in a lava cave and emended description of the genus Phreatobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3296-3300.

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Record number: 795886