Name: Tamlana agarivorans Yoon et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ga.ri.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. agarum, agar, algal polysaccharide; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour, to digest; N.L. part. adj. agarivorans, agar-devouring

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 55327; JW-26; KCTC 22176

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU221275 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Lee MH, Oh TK. Tamlana agarivorans sp. nov., isolated from seawater off Jeju Island in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1892-1895.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2473-2474.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00389 (N = 70).

Parent taxon: Tamlana Lee 2007

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Lee MH, Oh TK. Tamlana agarivorans sp. nov., isolated from seawater off Jeju Island in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1892-1895.

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