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Species Pontibacter korlensis
Name: Pontibacter korlensis Zhang et al. 2008
Etymology: kor.len’sis. N.L. masc. adj. korlensis, pertaining to Korla, a city of Xinjiang Province in the north-west of China from where the type strain was isolated
Pronunciation, gender: kor-LEN-sis, masculine
Type strain: CCTCC AB 206081; NRRL B-51097; X14-1
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
DQ888330
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Zhang L, Zhang Q, Luo X, Tang Y, Dai J, Li Y, Wang Y, Chen G, Fang C. Pontibacter korlensis sp. nov., isolated from the desert of Xinjiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1210-1214. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1783-1784.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 13 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
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🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019).
Publication:
Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
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🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hahnke et al. (2016).
Publication:
Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.
Parent taxon: Pontibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005
Assigned by:
Zhang L, Zhang Q, Luo X, Tang Y, Dai J, Li Y, Wang Y, Chen G, Fang C. Pontibacter korlensis sp. nov., isolated from the desert of Xinjiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1210-1214.
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Record number: 787348
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