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Species Vibrio nitrifigilis

Name: Vibrio nitrifigilis Huang et al. 2021

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.tri.fi’gi.lis. L. neut. n. nitrum, native mineral salt, native alkali; L. v. figo, to fix; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -ilis, ability; N.L. masc. adj. nitrifigilis, able to fix nitrogen

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: WI-bri-o ni-tri-FI-gi-lis, masculine

Type strain: BCRC 81211; JCM 33628; NFV-1

16S rRNA gene: MW263928 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Huang WS, Wang LT, Chen JS, Chen YT, Wei ST, Chiang YR, Wang PL, Lee TH, Lin ST, Huang L, et al. Vibrio nitrifigilis sp. nov., a marine nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from the lagoon sediment of an islet inside an atoll. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:933-945. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 202. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5096.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Vibrio Pacini 1854 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Huang WS, Wang LT, Chen JS, Chen YT, Wei ST, Chiang YR, Wang PL, Lee TH, Lin ST, Huang L, et al. Vibrio nitrifigilis sp. nov., a marine nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from the lagoon sediment of an islet inside an atoll. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:933-945. 🇹🇼

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Record number: 11963