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. fem. part. adj. agarivorans, agar-devouring

Pronunciation, gender: a-ga-RI-wo-rans, 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. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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