Name: Vitellibacter nionensis Rajasabapathy et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.o.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. nionensis, arbitrary name from the acronym of the National Institute of Oceanography, NIO, where the taxonomic studies were performed

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ni-o-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: KCTC 32420; MCC 2354; VBW088

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16S rRNA gene: KC534174 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rajasabapathy R, Mohandass C, Yoon JH, Dastager SG, Liu Q, Khieu TN, Son CK, Li WJ, Colaco A. Vitellibacter nionensis sp. nov., isolated from a shallow water hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:692-697. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1397-1399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aequorivita nionensis (Rajasabapathy et al. 2015) Hahnke et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • ❗ Vitellibacter nionensis 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. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Vitellibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003

Assigned by: Rajasabapathy R, Mohandass C, Yoon JH, Dastager SG, Liu Q, Khieu TN, Son CK, Li WJ, Colaco A. Vitellibacter nionensis sp. nov., isolated from a shallow water hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:692-697. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 792544