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Species Tenacibaculum agarivorans
Name: Tenacibaculum agarivorans Xu et al. 2017
Etymology: a.ga.ri’vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. agarum, agar, algal polysaccharide; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour, to digest; N.L. neut. part. adj. agarivorans, agar-digesting
Pronunciation, gender: a-ga-RI-wo-rans, neuter
Type strain: HZ1; KCTC 52476; MCCC 1H00174
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
KX982669
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Xu ZX, Yu P, Mu DS, Liu Y, Du ZJ. Tenacibaculum agarivorans sp. nov., an agar-degrading bacterium isolated from marine alga Porphyra yezoensis Ueda. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5139-5143. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:695-697.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
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🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019).
Publication:
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.
Parent taxon: Tenacibaculum Suzuki et al. 2001
Assigned by:
Xu ZX, Yu P, Mu DS, Liu Y, Du ZJ. Tenacibaculum agarivorans sp. nov., an agar-degrading bacterium isolated from marine alga Porphyra yezoensis Ueda. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5139-5143.
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Record number: 796321
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