Name: Porphyrobacter algicida Kristyanto et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.gi’ci.da. L. fem. n. alga (gen. algae), alga; L. masc. n. suff. -cida, killer; from L. inf. v. caedere, to kill; N.L. masc. n. algicida, related to alga-killer

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 2-22; JCM 31499; KEMB 9005-328; Yeonmyeong 2-22

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU981071 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kristyanto S, Lee SD, Kim J. Porphyrobacter algicida sp. nov., an algalytic bacterium isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4526-4533.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Qipengyuania algicida (Kristyanto et al. 2017) Xu et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Qipengyuania algicida (Kristyanto et al. 2017) Xu et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Porphyrobacter algicida 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 Porphyrobacter.
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Porphyrobacter Fuerst et al. 1993

Assigned by: Kristyanto S, Lee SD, Kim J. Porphyrobacter algicida sp. nov., an algalytic bacterium isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4526-4533.

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