Name: "Piscirickettsia litoralis" Wan et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to.ra’lis. L. masc./fem. adj. litoralis, coastal

Gender: feminine

Type strain: Y2

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX757850 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Wan X, Lee AJ, Hou S, Ushijima B, Nguyen YP, Thawley JA, Donachie SP. Draft Genome Sequence of Piscirickettsia litoralis, Isolated from Seawater. Genome Announc 2016; 4:0.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧍 The culture of the type strain died after genome sequencing but before a formal description of the species could be finished and before cultures derived from it could be deposited in culture collections. — Donachie S. Personal communication, 2021-06-24.

Parent taxon: Piscirickettsia Fryer et al. 1992

Assigned by: Wan X, Lee AJ, Hou S, Ushijima B, Nguyen YP, Thawley JA, Donachie SP. Draft Genome Sequence of Piscirickettsia litoralis, Isolated from Seawater. Genome Announc 2016; 4:0.

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Record number: 14162