HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS		QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced] Author: Keyword(s): Year:  Vol:  Page:

This Article Free via Open Access: OA OA Free Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Vereecke, C. Articles by Arahal, D. R. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Vereecke, C. Articles by Arahal, D. R. Agricola Articles by Vereecke, C. Articles by Arahal, D. R.

The status of the species Pectinatus portalensis Gonzalez et al. 2005. Request for an Opinion

¹ BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Ghent University, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
² Colección Española de Cultivos Tipo (CECT) and Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología, Universitat de València, Campus de Burjassot, 46100 València, Spain

Correspondence
David R. Arahal
arahal{at}uv.es

ABSTRACT

On the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis and several key phenotypic features, it was ascertained that the cultures cited as the type strain of the species Pectinatus portalensis, CECT 5841^T and LMG 22865^T, do not conform to the description, [Gonzalez, J. M., Jurado, V., Laiz, L., Zimmerman, J., Hermosin, B. & Saiz-Jimenez, C. (2004). Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 86, 241–248]. The type strain does not exist in any other established culture collection or with the authors who described this species. Therefore, it cannot be included in any scientific study. It is proposed that the Judicial Commission place the name Pectinatus portalensis on the list of rejected names if a suitable replacement type strain is not found or a neotype is not proposed within two years following the publication of this Request for an Opinion.