Name: Pseudoalteromonas elyakovii (Ivanova et al. 1997) Sawabe et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Alteromonas elyakovii Ivanova et al. 1997

Etymology: el.ya.ko’vi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. elyakovii, of Ekyakov, named after G.B. Elyakov for his work in microbial biotechnology

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … el-ya-KO-wi-i, feminine

Type strain: 40MC; ATCC 700519; CCUG 44496; CIP 105338; DSM 12747; KMM 162; LMG 14908; VKPM B-3905

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Valid publication: Sawabe T, Tanaka R, Iqbal MM, Tajima K, Ezura Y, Ivanova EP, Christen R. Assignment of Alteromonas elyakovii KMM 162T and five strains isolated from spot-wounded fronds of Laminaria japonica to Pseudoalteromonas elyakovii comb. nov. and the extended description of the species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:265-271. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Pseudoalteromonas distincta (Romanenko et al. 1995) Ivanova et al. 2000

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alteromonas distincta Romanenko et al. 1995	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudoalteromonas distincta (Romanenko et al. 1995) Ivanova et al. 2000	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alteromonas elyakovii Ivanova et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudoalteromonas paragorgicola Ivanova et al. 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Bayburt et al. (2024), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Alteromonas distincta Romanenko et al. 1995. Publication: Bayburt H, Choi BJ, Kim JM, Baek JH, Jeon CO. Psychrosphaera algicola sp. nov. and Paraglaciecola algarum sp. nov., and reclassification of Pseudoalteromonas elyakovii, Pseudoalteromonas flavipulchra, and Pseudoalteromonas profundi as later heterotypic synonyms of P. distincta, P. maricaloris, and P. gelatinilytica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6491. 🇰🇷
  • ⏲ According to Bayburt et al. (2024), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudoalteromonas distincta (Romanenko et al. 1995) Ivanova et al. 2000. Publication: Bayburt H, Choi BJ, Kim JM, Baek JH, Jeon CO. Psychrosphaera algicola sp. nov. and Paraglaciecola algarum sp. nov., and reclassification of Pseudoalteromonas elyakovii, Pseudoalteromonas flavipulchra, and Pseudoalteromonas profundi as later heterotypic synonyms of P. distincta, P. maricaloris, and P. gelatinilytica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6491. 🇰🇷
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6534.
  • ❗ Pseudoalteromonas elyakovii 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 Pseudoalteromonas.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "p". — 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 20 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Sawabe T, Tanaka R, Iqbal MM, Tajima K, Ezura Y, Ivanova EP, Christen R. Assignment of Alteromonas elyakovii KMM 162T and five strains isolated from spot-wounded fronds of Laminaria japonica to Pseudoalteromonas elyakovii comb. nov. and the extended description of the species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:265-271. 🇷🇺

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