Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Vibrio algivorus

Name: Vibrio algivorus Doi et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.gi.vo.rus. L. fem. n. alga, seaweed and also a botanical name, Algae; L. suff. -voro; from L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. masc. adj. algivorus, algae-devouring

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 29824; NBRC 111146; SA2

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16S rRNA gene: LC060680 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Doi H, Chinen A, Fukuda H, Usuda Y. Vibrio algivorus sp. nov., an alginate- and agarose-assimilating bacterium isolated from the gut flora of a turban shell marine snail. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3164-3169.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Vibrio Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Doi H, Chinen A, Fukuda H, Usuda Y. Vibrio algivorus sp. nov., an alginate- and agarose-assimilating bacterium isolated from the gut flora of a turban shell marine snail. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3164-3169.

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Record number: 794423
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