Name: Puteibacter caeruleilacunae Sun et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cae.ru.le.i.la.cu’nae. L. masc. adj. caeruleus, blue; L. fem. n. lacuna, a hole; N.L. gen. fem. n. caeruleilacunae, of a blue hole

Pronunciation, gender: ka͡e-ru-le-i-la-KU-na͡e, masculine

Type strain: JC036; JCM 33128; MCCC 1K03579

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16S rRNA gene: MH746935 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sun W, Fu T, Jia C, Fu L, Zhou S, Yao P, Gao X, Liu L, Yang Z, Shi X, et al. Puteibacter caeruleilacunae gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic bacterium isolated from Yongle Blue Hole in the South China Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1623-1629.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Puteibacter Sun et al. 2020. Publication: Sun W, Fu T, Jia C, Fu L, Zhou S, Yao P, Gao X, Liu L, Yang Z, Shi X, et al. Puteibacter caeruleilacunae gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic bacterium isolated from Yongle Blue Hole in the South China Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1623-1629.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Puteibacter Sun et al. 2020

Assigned by: Sun W, Fu T, Jia C, Fu L, Zhou S, Yao P, Gao X, Liu L, Yang Z, Shi X, et al. Puteibacter caeruleilacunae gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic bacterium isolated from Yongle Blue Hole in the South China Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1623-1629.

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