Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Vibrio gigantis

Name: Vibrio gigantis Le Roux et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gi.gan’tis. L. gen. masc. n. gigantis, of Gigas (a giant) and of gigas the specific epithet of Crassostrea gigas, the oyster species from which the strains were isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 108656; DSM 18531; LGP 13; LMG 22741

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16S rRNA gene: EF094888 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Le Roux F, Goubet A, Thompson FL, Faury N, Gay M, Swings J, Saulnier D. Vibrio gigantis sp. nov., isolated from the haemolymph of cultured oysters (Crassostrea gigas). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2251-2255.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Vibrio Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Le Roux F, Goubet A, Thompson FL, Faury N, Gay M, Swings J, Saulnier D. Vibrio gigantis sp. nov., isolated from the haemolymph of cultured oysters (Crassostrea gigas). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2251-2255.

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Record number: 785154
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