Name: Crocinitomix algicola Shi et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.gi’co.la. L. fem. n. alga, seaweed, alga; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. algicola, alga-dweller

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 0182; KCTC 42868; MCCC 1H00128

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT932357 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shi MJ, Han JR, Zhang H, Xie ZH, Du ZJ. Crocinitomix algicola sp. nov., isolated from Gracilaria blodgettii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4020-4023.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Crocinitomix Bowman et al. 2003

Assigned by: Shi MJ, Han JR, Zhang H, Xie ZH, Du ZJ. Crocinitomix algicola sp. nov., isolated from Gracilaria blodgettii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4020-4023.

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