Species Vitellibacter echinoideorum

Name: Vitellibacter echinoideorum Lin et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: e.chi.no.i.de.o’rum. N.L. gen. neut. pl. n. echinoideorum, of Echinoidea, sea urchins

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wi-tel-li-BAK-ter e-k^hi-no-i-de-O-rum, masculine

Type strain: BCRC 80886; CC-CZW007; JCM 30378

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16S rRNA gene: KM085326 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lin SY, Hameed A, Wen CZ, Liu YC, Hsu YH, Shen FT, Lai WA, Young CC. Vitellibacter echinoideorum sp. nov., isolated from a sea urchin (Tripneustes gratilla). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2320-2325. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3233-3234.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aequorivita echinoideorum (Lin et al. 2015) Hahnke et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aequorivita echinoideorum (Lin et al. 2015) Hahnke et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Vitellibacter echinoideorum 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 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.

Parent taxon: Vitellibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003

Assigned by: Lin SY, Hameed A, Wen CZ, Liu YC, Hsu YH, Shen FT, Lai WA, Young CC. Vitellibacter echinoideorum sp. nov., isolated from a sea urchin (Tripneustes gratilla). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2320-2325. 🇹🇼

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