Name: Pseudovibrio hongkongensis Xu et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hong.kong.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. hongkongensis, pertaining to Hong Kong, S. A. R., P. R. China

Gender: masculine

Type strain: KCTC 42383; MCCC 1K00451; UST20140214-015B

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16S rRNA gene: KP207599 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Xu Y, Li Q, Tian R, Lai Q, Zhang Y. Pseudovibrio hongkongensis sp. nov., isolated from a marine flatworm. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:127-132.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 165. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2777-2783.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Polycladidibacter hongkongensis (Xu et al. 2015) Hinger et al. 2024

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Polycladidibacter hongkongensis (Xu et al. 2015) Hinger et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pseudovibrio hongkongensis 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 Pseudovibrio.
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). 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: Xu Y, Li Q, Tian R, Lai Q, Zhang Y. Pseudovibrio hongkongensis sp. nov., isolated from a marine flatworm. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:127-132.

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