Name: Psychromonas agarivorans Hosoya et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ga.ri.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. agarum, agar; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, destroying; N.L. part. adj. agarivorans, agar-devouring

Gender: feminine

Type strain: J42-3A; KCTC 22285; NBRC 104585

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16S rRNA gene: AB374544 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hosoya S, Jang JH, Yasumoto-Hirose M, Matsuda S, Kasai H. Psychromonas agarivorans sp. nov., a novel agarolytic bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1262-1266.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2131-2132.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Psychromonas Mountfort et al. 1998

Assigned by: Hosoya S, Jang JH, Yasumoto-Hirose M, Matsuda S, Kasai H. Psychromonas agarivorans sp. nov., a novel agarolytic bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1262-1266.

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Record number: 787951