Name: "Reinekea forsetii" Avci et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: for.set’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. forsetii, of Forseti, a god in Frisian mythology that lived on Helgoland, the German island from where the bacterium was isolate

Gender: feminine

Type strain: Hel1_31_D35

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF023500 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Avci B, Hahnke RL, Chafee M, Fischer T, Gruber-Vodicka H, Tegetmeyer HE, Harder J, Fuchs BM, Amann RI, Teeling H. Genomic and physiological analyses of 'Reinekea forsetii' reveal a versatile opportunistic lifestyle during spring algae blooms. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:1209-1221.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Reinekea Romanenko et al. 2004

Assigned by: Avci B, Hahnke RL, Chafee M, Fischer T, Gruber-Vodicka H, Tegetmeyer HE, Harder J, Fuchs BM, Amann RI, Teeling H. Genomic and physiological analyses of 'Reinekea forsetii' reveal a versatile opportunistic lifestyle during spring algae blooms. Environ Microbiol 2017; 19:1209-1221.

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Record number: 31717