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Ekhidna algicida sp. nov.

Submitted by Graff van Creveld, Shiri

Table 1: Complete list of names proposed in the current register list.

Proposed Taxon Etymology Description Parent Taxon Type Registry URL
Species Ekhidna algicida [al.gi.ci'da] L. fem. n. alga, alga; L. masc. n. suff. -cida, killer; N.L. masc. n. algicida, alga-killer referring to this organism killing microalgae
Cells are yellow motile rods length up to 5.2 µm (average 3.6±0.7 µm), width of 0.43±0.10 µm. Cells can grow on ½MB, seawater-peptone, or in co-culture with diatoms as the sole carbon and amino-acids source. The reference strain, To15T, was isolated from seawater of the tropical Pacific Ocean 16 °N, 140 °W at 15 m water depth. The DNA G+C content of the nomenclatural type is 40.38 mol% (determined from the genome sequence), and the genome is 3.97 Mb in length. 
Ekhidna NCBI Assembly: GCA_051379705.1 Ts seqco.de/i:49661