Name: Vitellibacter todarodis Kim et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: to.da.ro’dis. N.L. gen. masc. n. todarodis, of the squid Todarodes pacificus, from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: KCTC 62141; MYP2-2; NBRC 113025

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF962575 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim HC, Kim YO, Park S, Nam BH, Kim DG, Park JM, Yoon JH. Vitellibacter todarodis sp. nov., isolated from intestinal tract of a squid (Todarodes pacificus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1233-1237. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2134-2136.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aequorivita todarodis (Kim et al. 2018) Zhang et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aequorivita todarodis (Kim et al. 2018) Zhang et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aequorivita todarodis (Kim et al. 2018) Wang et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • ❗ Vitellibacter todarodis 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Vitellibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003

Assigned by: Kim HC, Kim YO, Park S, Nam BH, Kim DG, Park JM, Yoon JH. Vitellibacter todarodis sp. nov., isolated from intestinal tract of a squid (Todarodes pacificus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1233-1237. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 797641