Name: Thalassomonas agarivorans Jean et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ga.ri’vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. agarum, agar; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, destroying; N.L. fem. part. adj. agarivorans, agar-devouring

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-ga-RI-wo-rans, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 17492; DSM 19706; JCM 13379; TMA1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ212914 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jean WD, Shieh WY, Liu TY. Thalassomonas agarivorans sp. nov., a marine agarolytic bacterium isolated from shallow coastal water of An-Ping Harbour, Taiwan, and emended description of the genus Thalassomonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1245-1250. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2029-2030.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thalassotalea agarivorans (Jean et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thalassotalea agarivorans (Jean et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • ❗ Thalassomonas 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 Thalassomonas.
  • 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thalassomonas Macián et al. 2001

Assigned by: Jean WD, Shieh WY, Liu TY. Thalassomonas agarivorans sp. nov., a marine agarolytic bacterium isolated from shallow coastal water of An-Ping Harbour, Taiwan, and emended description of the genus Thalassomonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1245-1250. 🇹🇼

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Record number: 785054