Name: Vitellibacter aestuarii Kim et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: aes.tu.a’ri.i. L. gen. neut. n. aestuarii, of a tidal flat

Gender: masculine

Type strain: IMSNU 14137; JC2436; JCM 15496; KACC 13727; KCTC 22361

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EU642844 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim BS, Kim OS, Moon EY, Chun J. Vitellibacter aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from tidal-flat sediment, and an emended description of the genus Vitellibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1989-1992.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2695-2696.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aequorivita aestuarii (Kim et al. 2010) Hahnke et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aequorivita aestuarii (Kim et al. 2010) Hahnke et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Vitellibacter aestuarii is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Vitellibacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Vitellibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003

Assigned by: Kim BS, Kim OS, Moon EY, Chun J. Vitellibacter aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from tidal-flat sediment, and an emended description of the genus Vitellibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1989-1992.

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Record number: 788764