Name: Puniceibacterium confluentis Park et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: con.flu.en’tis. L. gen. masc. n. confluentis, of a meeting place of waters

Pronunciation, gender: kon-flu-EN-tis, neuter

Type strain: JSSK-17; KCTC 52765; NBRC 112766

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY614065 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park S, Jung YT, Park JM, Yoon JH. Puniceibacterium confluentis sp. nov., isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater spring, and emended description of the genus Puniceibacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3480-3484.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4881-4883.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09585 (N = 44).
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Puniceibacterium Liu et al. 2014

Assigned by: Park S, Jung YT, Park JM, Yoon JH. Puniceibacterium confluentis sp. nov., isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater spring, and emended description of the genus Puniceibacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3480-3484.

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Record number: 795901