Name: Polycyclovorans algicola Gutierrez et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.gi’co.la. L. fem. n. alga, alga or seaweed; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, an inhabitant or dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. algicola, alga dweller

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2242; DSM 24974; KCTC 23940; TG408

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ176554 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gutierrez T, Green DH, Nichols PD, Whitman WB, Semple KT, Aitken MD. Polycyclovorans algicola gen. nov., sp. nov., an aromatic-hydrocarbon-degrading marine bacterium found associated with laboratory cultures of marine phytoplankton. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:205-214.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 200. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4846.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Polycyclovorans Gutierrez et al. 2021. Publication: Gutierrez T, Green DH, Nichols PD, Whitman WB, Semple KT, Aitken MD. Polycyclovorans algicola gen. nov., sp. nov., an aromatic-hydrocarbon-degrading marine bacterium found associated with laboratory cultures of marine phytoplankton. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:205-214.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Polycyclovorans Gutierrez et al. 2021

Assigned by: Gutierrez T, Green DH, Nichols PD, Whitman WB, Semple KT, Aitken MD. Polycyclovorans algicola gen. nov., sp. nov., an aromatic-hydrocarbon-degrading marine bacterium found associated with laboratory cultures of marine phytoplankton. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:205-214.

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Record number: 20291