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Species Tenacibaculum holothuriorum
Name: Tenacibaculum holothuriorum Wang et al. 2015
Etymology: ho.lo.thu.ri.o’rum. N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. holothuriorum, of holothurians, sea cucumbers [probably better: holothuriarum]; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, isolated from holothurians
Type strain: DSM 113369; LMG 27758; MCCC 1A09872; S2-2
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
KP313827
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Wang L, Li X, Hu D, Lai Q, Shao Z. Tenacibaculum holothuriorum sp. nov., isolated from the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus intestine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4347-4352. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1600-1602.
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 2 times 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:
Wang L, Li X, Hu D, Lai Q, Shao Z. Tenacibaculum holothuriorum sp. nov., isolated from the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus intestine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4347-4352.
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Record number: 793622
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