Name: "Sulfitobacter pontiacus subsp. pontiacus" (Sorokin 1996) Zachariah et al. 2017

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Basonym: Sulfitobacter pontiacus Sorokin 1996

Etymology: pon.ti.a.cus. N.L. masc. adj. pontiacus, from the sea

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CHLG 10; DSM 10014; JCM 21789; VKM B-2022

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Original publication: Zachariah S, Kumari P, Das SK. Sulfitobacter pontiacus subsp. fungiae subsp. nov., Isolated from Coral Fungia seychellensis from Andaman Sea, and Description of Sulfitobacter pontiacus subsp. pontiacus subsp. nov. Curr Microbiol 2017; 74:404-412.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Sulfitobacter pontiacus Sorokin 1996

Assigned by: Zachariah S, Kumari P, Das SK. Sulfitobacter pontiacus subsp. fungiae subsp. nov., Isolated from Coral Fungia seychellensis from Andaman Sea, and Description of Sulfitobacter pontiacus subsp. pontiacus subsp. nov. Curr Microbiol 2017; 74:404-412.

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Record number: 4705