Name: Pseudoalteromonas paragorgicola Ivanova et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ra.gor.gi’co.la. N.L. fem. n. Paragorgia, a genus of gorgonian; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, from incola inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. paragorgicola, inhabitant of Paragorgia, referring to the isolation of the type strain from Paragorgia arborea

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-322; DSM 14403; DSM 26439; KMM 3548; LMG 19696

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16S rRNA gene: AY040229 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ivanova EP, Sawabe T, Lysenko AM, Gorshkova NM, Hayashi K, Zhukova NV, Nicolau DV, Christen R, Mikhailov VV. Pseudoalteromonas translucida sp. nov. and Pseudoalteromonas paragorgicola sp. nov., and emended description of the genus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1759-1766.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

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 elyakovii (Ivanova et al. 1997) Sawabe et al. 2000	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alteromonas elyakovii Ivanova et al. 1997	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudoalteromonas distincta (Romanenko et al. 1995) Ivanova et al. 2000	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Nedashkovskaya et al. (2022), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Alteromonas distincta Romanenko et al. 1995. Publication: Nedashkovkaya OI, Kim SG, Balabanova LA, Zhukova NV, Son OM, Tekutyeva LA, Mikhailov VV. Genome-Based Classification of Strain 16-SW-7, a Marine Bacterium Capable of Converting B Red Blood Cells, as Pseudoalteromonas distincta and Proposal to Reclassify Pseudoalteromonas paragorgicola as a Later Heterotypic Synonym of Pseudoalteromonas distincta. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:809431.
  • ⏲ According to Nedashkovskaya et al. (2022), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudoalteromonas distincta (Romanenko et al. 1995) Ivanova et al. 2000. Publication: Nedashkovkaya OI, Kim SG, Balabanova LA, Zhukova NV, Son OM, Tekutyeva LA, Mikhailov VV. Genome-Based Classification of Strain 16-SW-7, a Marine Bacterium Capable of Converting B Red Blood Cells, as Pseudoalteromonas distincta and Proposal to Reclassify Pseudoalteromonas paragorgicola as a Later Heterotypic Synonym of Pseudoalteromonas distincta. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:809431.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 36. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5413.
  • ❗ Pseudoalteromonas paragorgicola 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 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 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Ivanova et al. 2002, the type strain LMG 19696 is erroneously cited as LMG 19694. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Pseudoalteromonas Gauthier et al. 1995

Assigned by: Ivanova EP, Sawabe T, Lysenko AM, Gorshkova NM, Hayashi K, Zhukova NV, Nicolau DV, Christen R, Mikhailov VV. Pseudoalteromonas translucida sp. nov. and Pseudoalteromonas paragorgicola sp. nov., and emended description of the genus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1759-1766.

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