Name: Sungkyunkwania multivorans Yoon et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mul.ti.vo’rans. L. masc. adj. multus, many; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, eating; N.L. part. adj. multivorans, devouring many polysaccharides

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 62952; KCTC 32138; PDB-16

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16S rRNA gene: JQ911704 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Gyeong HR, Kim SI. Sungkyunkwania multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from seawater from a seaweed farm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1995-2001.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sungkyunkwania Yoon et al. 2013. Publication: Yoon JH, Gyeong HR, Kim SI. Sungkyunkwania multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from seawater from a seaweed farm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1995-2001.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sungkyunkwania Yoon et al. 2013

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Gyeong HR, Kim SI. Sungkyunkwania multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from seawater from a seaweed farm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1995-2001.

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Record number: 790838