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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Pseudoalteromonas obscura

Name: Pseudoalteromonas obscura Thomas et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: obs.cu’ra. L. fem. adj. obscura, shadowy, dark, referring to the dark purple colour of the colonies

Pronunciation, gender: obs-KU-ra, feminine

Type strain: DSM 114996; LMG 32871; P94

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16S rRNA gene: OR014305 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Thomas EM, Smith EM, Papke E, Shlafstein MD, Grant-Beurmann S, Coelho LC, Trott AC, Hase CC, Oline DK, Videau P, et al. Pseudoalteromonas ardens sp. nov., Pseudoalteromonas obscura sp. nov. and Pseudoalteromonas umbrosa sp. nov. isolated from the coral Montipora capitata on a reef in Kane'ohe Bay, O'ahu, Hawai'i. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6681.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6728.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Pseudoalteromonas Gauthier et al. 1995

Assigned by: Thomas EM, Smith EM, Papke E, Shlafstein MD, Grant-Beurmann S, Coelho LC, Trott AC, Hase CC, Oline DK, Videau P, et al. Pseudoalteromonas ardens sp. nov., Pseudoalteromonas obscura sp. nov. and Pseudoalteromonas umbrosa sp. nov. isolated from the coral Montipora capitata on a reef in Kane'ohe Bay, O'ahu, Hawai'i. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6681.

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Record number: 62363
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