Name:Pseudoalteromonaspeptidolytica Venkateswaran and Dohmoto 2000
Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.
Etymology:pep.ti.do.ly’ti.ca.Gr. ind. v.peptô, a class of organic compounds of low molecular weight that yield two or more amino acids on hydrolysis, peptide; from Gr. inf. v.peptein, to digest; N.L. fem. adj.lytica, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. fem. adj.lytikê, able to loosen; N.L. fem. adj.peptidolytica, peptide dissolving
Valid publication:
Venkateswaran K, Dohmoto N. Pseudoalteromonas peptidolytica sp. nov., a novel marine mussel-thread-degrading bacterium isolated from the Sea of Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:565-574. 🇺🇸
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.
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 2 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.
Assigned by:
Venkateswaran K, Dohmoto N. Pseudoalteromonas peptidolytica sp. nov., a novel marine mussel-thread-degrading bacterium isolated from the Sea of Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:565-574. 🇺🇸
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Record number:
779923
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