Name: Amorphus coralli Zeevi Ben Yosef et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: co.ral’li. N.L. gen. fem. n. coralli, of coral, from which the organism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 19760; LMG 24307; RS.Sph.026

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ097300 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zeevi Ben Yosef D, Ben-Dov E, Kushmaro A. Amorphus coralli gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from coral mucus, belonging to the order Rhizobiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2704-2709.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:452-453.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Amorphus Zeevi Ben Yosef et al. 2008. Publication: Zeevi Ben Yosef D, Ben-Dov E, Kushmaro A. Amorphus coralli gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from coral mucus, belonging to the order Rhizobiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2704-2709.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Amorphus Zeevi Ben Yosef et al. 2008

Assigned by: Zeevi Ben Yosef D, Ben-Dov E, Kushmaro A. Amorphus coralli gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from coral mucus, belonging to the order Rhizobiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2704-2709.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/amorphus-coralliCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 786839