Name: Porticoccus litoralis Oh et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to.ra’lis. L. masc. adj. litoralis, of or belonging to the sea shore

Pronunciation, gender: li-to-RA-lis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 25064; IMCC 2115; KCCM 42369; NBRC 102686

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16S rRNA gene: EF468719 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Oh HM, Kim H, Kim KM, Min GS, Cho JC. Porticoccus litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from the Yellow Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:727-732.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1480-1481.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Porticoccus Oh et al. 2010. Publication: Oh HM, Kim H, Kim KM, Min GS, Cho JC. Porticoccus litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from the Yellow Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:727-732.
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Porticoccus Oh et al. 2010

Assigned by: Oh HM, Kim H, Kim KM, Min GS, Cho JC. Porticoccus litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from the Yellow Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:727-732.

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Record number: 788498