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. fem. 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: synonym

Correct name: Pseudotamlana agarivorans (Yoon et al. 2008) Huang et al. 2025

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudotamlana agarivorans (Yoon et al. 2008) Huang et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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:
  • ❗ Tamlana agarivorans is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Tamlana.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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