Name: Teredinibacter turnerae Distel et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tur’ne.rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. turnerae, of Turner, named after Ruth D. Turner, malacologist at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

Pronunciation, gender: TUR-ne-ra͡e, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 39867; DSM 15152; T7902

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16S rRNA gene: AY028398 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Distel DL, Morrill W, MacLaren-Toussaint N, Franks D, Waterbury J. Teredinibacter turnerae gen. nov., sp. nov., a dinitrogen-fixing, cellulolytic, endosymbiotic gamma-proteobacterium isolated from the gills of wood-boring molluscs (Bivalvia: Teredinidae). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2261-2269.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Teredinobacter turnirae" Ahuja 2000	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Teredinibacter Distel et al. 2002. Publication: Distel DL, Morrill W, MacLaren-Toussaint N, Franks D, Waterbury J. Teredinibacter turnerae gen. nov., sp. nov., a dinitrogen-fixing, cellulolytic, endosymbiotic gamma-proteobacterium isolated from the gills of wood-boring molluscs (Bivalvia: Teredinidae). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2261-2269.
  • 😷 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 45 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 Teredinibacter turnerae Distel et al. 2002 was previously known as "Teredinobacter turnerae" Waterbury et al. 1989.

Parent taxon: Teredinibacter Distel et al. 2002

Assigned by: Distel DL, Morrill W, MacLaren-Toussaint N, Franks D, Waterbury J. Teredinibacter turnerae gen. nov., sp. nov., a dinitrogen-fixing, cellulolytic, endosymbiotic gamma-proteobacterium isolated from the gills of wood-boring molluscs (Bivalvia: Teredinidae). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2261-2269.

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