Name: Reichenbachia agariperforans Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ga.ri.per.fo’rans. Malayan n. agar, agar; N.L. neut. n. agarum, agar (algal polysaccharide); L. pres. part. perforans, perforating (making holes); N.L. part. adj. agariperforans, making holes in agar, bacterium making deep hollows in agar

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 26134; IFO 16625; JCM 11238; KMM 3525; NBRC 16625

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681089 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Suzuki M, Vysotskii MV, Mikhailov VV. Reichenbachia agariperforans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium in the phylum Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:81-85.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:629-630.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Reichenbachiella agariperforans (Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Reichenbachiella agariperforans (Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Reichenbachia Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003. Publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Suzuki M, Vysotskii MV, Mikhailov VV. Reichenbachia agariperforans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium in the phylum Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:81-85.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The name Reichenbachia agariperforans is illegitimate because Reichenbachia Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003 is a later homonym of Reichenbachia Sprengel 1823 (a plant belonging to the family Nyctaginaceae) and a later homonym of Reichenbachia Leach 1826 (an insect belonging to the family Staphylinidae). Consequently, a new species designation Reichenbachiella agariperforans, has been by Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005. Publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SB, Suzuki M, Shevchenko LS, Lee MS, Lee KH, Park MS, Frolova GM, Oh HW, Bae KS, et al. Pontibacter actiniarum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the phylum 'Bacteroidetes', and proposal of Reichenbachiella gen. nov. as a replacement for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic name Reichenbachia Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2583-2588.

Parent taxon: Reichenbachia Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003

Assigned by: Nedashkovskaya OI, Suzuki M, Vysotskii MV, Mikhailov VV. Reichenbachia agariperforans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium in the phylum Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:81-85.

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