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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Sulfitobacter geojensis

Name: Sulfitobacter geojensis Kwak et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ge.o.jen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. geojensis, from Geoje island, the place where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: sul-fi-to-BAK-ter ge-o-JEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: JCM 18835; KCTC 32124; MM-124

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16S rRNA gene: KC428714 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Kwak MJ, Lee JS, Lee KC, Kim KK, Eom MK, Kim BK, Kim JF. Sulfitobacter geojensis sp. nov., Sulfitobacter noctilucae sp. nov., and Sulfitobacter noctilucicola sp. nov., isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3760-3767. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:323-324.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Sulfitobacter Sorokin 1996

Assigned by: Kwak MJ, Lee JS, Lee KC, Kim KK, Eom MK, Kim BK, Kim JF. Sulfitobacter geojensis sp. nov., Sulfitobacter noctilucae sp. nov., and Sulfitobacter noctilucicola sp. nov., isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3760-3767. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 792314

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