Name: Pontirhabdus pectinivorans Yi et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pec.ti.ni.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. pectinum, pectin; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. pectinivorans, pectin-devouring

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 25730; JC2675; JCM 17107; KACC 14153

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM475134 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yi H, Cho JC, Chun J. Pontirhabdus pectinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2475-2481.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Algibacter pectinivorans (Yi et al. 2011) Park et al. 2013

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Algibacter pectinivorans (Yi et al. 2011) Park et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Park et al. 2013 Park SC, Choe HN, Hwang YM, Baik KS, Kim SN, Lee YS, Jung JS, Seong CN. Marinivirga aestuarii gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from marine environments, and emended descriptions of the genera Hyunsoonleella, Jejuia and Pontirhabdus and the species Hyunsoonleella jejuensis, Jejuia pallidilutea and Pontirhabdus pectinivorans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1524-1531. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2368-2370.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pontirhabdus Yi et al. 2011. Publication: Yi H, Cho JC, Chun J. Pontirhabdus pectinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2475-2481.
  • ❗ Pontirhabdus pectinivorans is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Pontirhabdus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pontirhabdus Yi et al. 2011

Assigned by: Yi H, Cho JC, Chun J. Pontirhabdus pectinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2475-2481.

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