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Genus Loktanella
Name: Loktanella Van Trappen et al. 2004
Etymology: Lok.tan.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Loktanella, named after Tjhing-Lok Tan from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, who contributed to our understanding of marine and polar bacteriology and ecology
Gender: feminine (stem: Loktanell-)
Type species: Loktanella salsilacus Van Trappen et al. 2004
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Van Trappen S, Mergaert J, Swings J. Loktanella salsilacus gen. nov., sp. nov., Loktanella fryxellensis sp. nov. and Loktanella vestfoldensis sp. nov., new members of the Rhodobacter group, isolated from microbial mats in Antarctic lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1263-1269. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1911-1913.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Moon et al. 2010
Moon YG, Seo SH, Lee SD, Heo MS. Loktanella pyoseonensis sp. nov., isolated from beach sand, and emended description of the genus Loktanella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:785-789.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1480-1481.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Lee 2012
Lee SD. Loktanella tamlensis sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:586-590.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1221-1222.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Tsubouchi et al. 2013
Tsubouchi T, Shimane Y, Mori K, Miyazaki M, Tame A, Uematsu K, Maruyama T, Hatada Y. Loktanella cinnabarina sp. nov., isolated from a deep subseafloor sediment, and emended description of the genus Loktanella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1390-1395.
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.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Wirth and Whitman 2018
Wirth JS, Whitman WB. Phylogenomic analyses of a clade within the roseobacter group suggest taxonomic reassignments of species of the genera Aestuariivita, Citreicella, Loktanella, Nautella, Pelagibaca, Ruegeria, Thalassobius, Thiobacimonas and Tropicibacter, and the proposal of six novel genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2393-2411.
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3077-3079.
Notes:- ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 16 species from the genus.
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Moon et al. 2010
Moon YG, Seo SH, Lee SD, Heo MS. Loktanella pyoseonensis sp. nov., isolated from beach sand, and emended description of the genus Loktanella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:785-789.
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Notes:
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🧕 Tsubouchi et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Tsubouchi T, Shimane Y, Mori K, Miyazaki M, Tame A, Uematsu K, Maruyama T, Hatada Y. Loktanella cinnabarina sp. nov., isolated from a deep subseafloor sediment, and emended description of the genus Loktanella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1390-1395.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Longtanella".
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Lee et al. (2023). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 16; KCTC: 11; JCM: 11; NBRC: 7; CIP: 6; CECT: 5; MCCC: 1; NRRL: 1; NRIC: 1; CCUG: 1.
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🧕 Tsubouchi et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Tsubouchi T, Shimane Y, Mori K, Miyazaki M, Tame A, Uematsu K, Maruyama T, Hatada Y. Loktanella cinnabarina sp. nov., isolated from a deep subseafloor sediment, and emended description of the genus Loktanella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1390-1395.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 23
Total number of child taxa: 24
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Loktanella acticola Park et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP synonym Loktanella aestuariicola Park et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP synonym Loktanella agnita Ivanova et al. 2005 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Loktanella aquimaris" Kim et al. 2016 not validly published preferred name (not correct name) Loktanella atrilutea Hosoya and Yokota 2007 validly published under the ICNP correct name Loktanella cinnabarina Tsubouchi et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP synonym Loktanella fryxellensis Van Trappen et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name Loktanella gaetbuli Lee et al. 2023 validly published under the ICNP correct name Loktanella hongkongensis Lau et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP synonym Loktanella koreensis Weon et al. 2006 validly published under the ICNP synonym Loktanella litorea Yoon et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP synonym Loktanella maricola Yoon et al. 2007 validly published under the ICNP synonym Loktanella marina Jung et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP synonym Loktanella maritima Tanaka et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP synonym Loktanella ponticola Jung et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP synonym Loktanella pyoseonensis Moon et al. 2010 validly published under the ICNP synonym Loktanella rosea Ivanova et al. 2005 validly published under the ICNP synonym Loktanella salsilacus Van Trappen et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name Loktanella sediminilitoris Park et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP synonym Loktanella sediminum Liang et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP synonym Loktanella soesokkakensis Park et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP synonym Loktanella tamlensis Lee 2012 validly published under the ICNP synonym Loktanella variabilis Park et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP synonym Loktanella vestfoldensis Van Trappen et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP synonym
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Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021
Assigned by:
Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109.
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