Name: Catalinimonas Choi et al. 2013

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ca.ta.li.ni’mo.nas. N.L. fem. n. Catalina, Catalina Island in the Channel Islands, CA, USA; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Catalinimonas, a monad from Catalina Island, referring to the isolation of the type strain of the type species

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Catalinimonad-), ka-ta-li-NI-mo-nas

Type species: Catalinimonas alkaloidigena Choi et al. 2013

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Choi EJ, Beatty DS, Paul LA, Fenical W, Jensen PR. Mooreia alkaloidigena gen. nov., sp. nov. and Catalinimonas alkaloidigena gen. nov., sp. nov., alkaloid-producing marine bacteria in the proposed families Mooreiaceae fam. nov. and Catalimonadaceae fam. nov. in the phylum Bacteroidetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1219-1228.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2368-2370.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Catalimonadaceae Choi et al. 2013. Publication: Choi EJ, Beatty DS, Paul LA, Fenical W, Jensen PR. Mooreia alkaloidigena gen. nov., sp. nov. and Catalinimonas alkaloidigena gen. nov., sp. nov., alkaloid-producing marine bacteria in the proposed families Mooreiaceae fam. nov. and Catalimonadaceae fam. nov. in the phylum Bacteroidetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1219-1228.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Catalinimonadaceae corrig. Choi et al. 2013. Publication: Choi EJ, Beatty DS, Paul LA, Fenical W, Jensen PR. Mooreia alkaloidigena gen. nov., sp. nov. and Catalinimonas alkaloidigena gen. nov., sp. nov., alkaloid-producing marine bacteria in the proposed families Mooreiaceae fam. nov. and Catalimonadaceae fam. nov. in the phylum Bacteroidetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1219-1228.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Catalinimo".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 2; DSM: 1; NBRC: 1; KCCM: 1; MCCC: 1.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Choi et al. 2013, the etymology is erroneously cited as follows: N.L. n. Catalina Catalina Island in the Channel Islands, CA, USA; L. fem. n. monas a unit, monad; Catalinimonas a monad from Catalina Island, referring to the isolation of the type strain of the type species. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Catalinimonas alkaloidigena Choi et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Catalinimonas locisalis Liu et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Catalinimonas niigatensis Yoon et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Catalinimonadaceae corrig. Choi et al. 2013

Assigned by: Choi EJ, Beatty DS, Paul LA, Fenical W, Jensen PR. Mooreia alkaloidigena gen. nov., sp. nov. and Catalinimonas alkaloidigena gen. nov., sp. nov., alkaloid-producing marine bacteria in the proposed families Mooreiaceae fam. nov. and Catalimonadaceae fam. nov. in the phylum Bacteroidetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1219-1228.

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