Name: Pseudomaricurvus alcaniphilus Seo et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ca.ni’phi.lus. N.L. neut. n. alcanum, aliphatic hydrocarbon; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. alcaniphilus, alcane-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: JCM 18313; KCCM 42976; MEBiC06469

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ672628 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Seo HS, Yang SH, Oh JH, Lee JH, Kwon KK. Pseudomaricurvus alcaniphilus sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from tidal flat sediment and emended descriptions of the genus Pseudomaricurvus, Pseudomaricurvus alkylphenolicus Iwaki et al. 2014 and Maricurvus nonylphenolicus Iwaki et al. 2012. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3591-3596.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01156 (N = 9).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Pseudomaricurvus Iwaki et al. 2014

Assigned by: Seo HS, Yang SH, Oh JH, Lee JH, Kwon KK. Pseudomaricurvus alcaniphilus sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from tidal flat sediment and emended descriptions of the genus Pseudomaricurvus, Pseudomaricurvus alkylphenolicus Iwaki et al. 2014 and Maricurvus nonylphenolicus Iwaki et al. 2012. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3591-3596.

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Record number: 793347