Name: "Mangrovimarina" Jiménez et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Man.gro.vi.ma.ri’na. N.L. neut. n. mangrovum, a mangrove; L. fem. adj. marina, marine; N.L. fem. n. Mangrovimarina, referring to an organism found in mangrove soils with seawater impact

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Mangrovimarin-), man-gro-wi-ma-RI-na

Type species: "Mangrovimarina plasticivorans" Jiménez et al. 2025

Original publication: Jimenez DJ, Chaparro D, Sierra F, Custer GF, Feuerriegel G, Chuvochina M, Diaz-Garcia L, Mendes LW, Ortega Santiago YP, Rubiano-Labrador C, et al. Engineering the mangrove soil microbiome for selection of polyethylene terephthalate-transforming bacterial consortia. Trends Biotechnol 2025; 43:162-183. 🇸🇦

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Rhizobiaceae Conn 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Jimenez DJ, Chaparro D, Sierra F, Custer GF, Feuerriegel G, Chuvochina M, Diaz-Garcia L, Mendes LW, Ortega Santiago YP, Rubiano-Labrador C, et al. Engineering the mangrove soil microbiome for selection of polyethylene terephthalate-transforming bacterial consortia. Trends Biotechnol 2025; 43:162-183. 🇸🇦

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Record number: 67560
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