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Species Pseudoalteromonas agarivorans

Name: Pseudoalteromonas agarivorans Romanenko et al. 2003

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ga.ri’vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. agarum, agar-agar, algal polysaccharide; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour, to digest; N.L. fem. part. adj. agarivorans, agar-devouring

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pse͡u-do-al-te-RO-mo-nas a-ga-RI-wo-rans, feminine

Type strain: DSM 14585; KMM 255

16S rRNA gene: AJ417594 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Romanenko LA, Zhukova NV, Rohde M, Lysenko AM, Mikhailov VV, Stackebrandt E. Pseudoalteromonas agarivorans sp. nov., a novel marine agarolytic bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:125-131. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:629-630.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 23 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Pseudoalteromonas Gauthier et al. 1995

Assigned by: Romanenko LA, Zhukova NV, Rohde M, Lysenko AM, Mikhailov VV, Stackebrandt E. Pseudoalteromonas agarivorans sp. nov., a novel marine agarolytic bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:125-131. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 779900