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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Vibrio nitrifigilis

Name: Vibrio nitrifigilis Huang et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.tri.fig’i.lis. L. neut. n. nitrum, native mineral salt, native alkali; L. v. figo, to fix; L. gen. neut. n. ilis, ability; N.L. masc. adj. nitrifigilis, able to fix nitrogen

Gender: masculine

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

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16S rRNA gene: MW263928 Analyse FASTA

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

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
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