Name: Vicingus serpentipes Wiese et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ser.pen.ti.pes. L. masc./fem. n. serpens (gen. serpentis), snake; L. masc. n. pes (gen. pedis), foot; L. adj. serpentipes, in recognition of its gliding motility

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ANORD5; DSM 103558; MTCC 12686; NCIMB 15042

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX499499 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wiese J, Saha M, Wenzel-Storjohann A, Weinberger F, Schmaljohann R, Imhoff JF. Vicingus serpentipes gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the Flavobacteriales from the North Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:333-340.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Vicingus Wiese et al. 2018. Publication: Wiese J, Saha M, Wenzel-Storjohann A, Weinberger F, Schmaljohann R, Imhoff JF. Vicingus serpentipes gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the Flavobacteriales from the North Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:333-340.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Vicingus Wiese et al. 2018

Assigned by: Wiese J, Saha M, Wenzel-Storjohann A, Weinberger F, Schmaljohann R, Imhoff JF. Vicingus serpentipes gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the Flavobacteriales from the North Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:333-340.

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Record number: 797484