Name: Pontibacterium granulatum Hyeon et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gra.nu.la’tum. L. neut. adj. granulatum, granulated, containing granules inside cells

Gender: neuter

Type strain: A-1; JCM 30136; KACC 18119

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16S rRNA gene: KY658457 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hyeon JW, Kim KH, Chun BH, Jeon CO. Pontibacterium granulatum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3784-3790.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pontibacterium Hyeon et al. 2017. Publication: Hyeon JW, Kim KH, Chun BH, Jeon CO. Pontibacterium granulatum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3784-3790.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pontibacterium Hyeon et al. 2017

Assigned by: Hyeon JW, Kim KH, Chun BH, Jeon CO. Pontibacterium granulatum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3784-3790.

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Record number: 796122