Name: Pontibacter diazotrophicus Xu et al. 2014
Etymology: di.a.zo.tro’phi.cus. Gr. adv. dis, two, double; N.L. neut. n. azotum, nitrogen; Gr. masc. adj. trophikos, nursing, ending or feeding; N.L. masc. adj. diazotrophicus, one that feeds on dinitrogen
Type strain: CCTCC AB 2013049; H4X; NRRL B-59974
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16S rRNA gene: KF146887 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Xu L, Zeng XC, Nie Y, Luo X, Zhou E, Zhou L, Pan Y, Li W. Pontibacter diazotrophicus sp. nov., a novel nitrogen-fixing bacterium of the family Cytophagaceae. PLoS One 2014; 9:e92294.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 159. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2927-2929.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Pontibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005
Assigned by: Xu L, Zeng XC, Nie Y, Luo X, Zhou E, Zhou L, Pan Y, Li W. Pontibacter diazotrophicus sp. nov., a novel nitrogen-fixing bacterium of the family Cytophagaceae. PLoS One 2014; 9:e92294.
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Record number: 792088