Name: Pseudovibrio ascidiaceicola Fukunaga et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: as.ci.di.a.ce.i’co.la. N.L. neut. n. Ascidiacea, name of a zoological class; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. ascidiaceicola, Ascidiacea dweller

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 16392; F423; IAM 15084; JCM 21545; KCTC 12308; NBRC 100514

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB175663 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fukunaga Y, Kurahashi M, Tanaka K, Yanagi K, Yokota A, Harayama S. Pseudovibrio ascidiaceicola sp. nov., isolated from ascidians (sea squirts). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:343-347.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:929-930.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.28231 (N = 2).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Pseudovibrio Shieh et al. 2004

Assigned by: Fukunaga Y, Kurahashi M, Tanaka K, Yanagi K, Yokota A, Harayama S. Pseudovibrio ascidiaceicola sp. nov., isolated from ascidians (sea squirts). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:343-347.

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Record number: 780196