Name: Thalassococcus lentus Park et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: len’tus. L. masc. adj. lentus, slow, delayed, referring to the slow growth of the microorganism

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 62791; DSM 29441; KCTC 32084; YCS-24

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16S rRNA gene: JX090308 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Park S, Jung YT, Kim SI, Yoon JH. Thalassococcus lentus sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium isolated from seawater of a seaweed farm. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:465-473.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 152. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2365-2367.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thalassococcus Lee et al. 2007

Assigned by: Park S, Jung YT, Kim SI, Yoon JH. Thalassococcus lentus sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium isolated from seawater of a seaweed farm. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:465-473.

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Record number: 790828