Genus Maribacter

Classification:

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Bacteroidota Flavobacteriia Flavobacteriales Flavobacteriaceae Maribacter

Name: Maribacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Ma.ri.bac’ter. L. neut. n. mare, the sea; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Maribacter, rod inhabiting marine environments

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Maribacter-), ma-ri-BAK-ter

Type species: Maribacter sedimenticola Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SB, Han SK, Lysenko AM, Rohde M, Rhee MS, Frolova GM, Falsen E, Mikhailov VV, Bae KS. Maribacter gen. nov., a new member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from marine habitats, containing the species Maribacter sedimenticola sp. nov., Maribacter aquivivus sp. nov., Maribacter orientalis sp. nov. and Maribacter ulvicola sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1017-1023. 🇷🇺

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

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Maripseudobacter Chen et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Barbeyron et al. 2008 Barbeyron T, Carpentier F, L'haridon S, Schuler M, Michel G, Amann R. Description of Maribacter forsetii sp. nov., a marine Flavobacteriaceae isolated from North Sea water, and emended description of the genus Maribacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:790-797. 🇫🇷 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1513-1514.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
- Nedashkovskaya et al. 2010 Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SB, Mikhailov VV. Maribacter stanieri sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:214-218. 🇷🇺 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:719-720.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  - 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.
- Weerawongwiwat et al. 2013 Weerawongwiwat V, Kang H, Jung MY, Kim W. Maribacter chungangensis sp. nov., isolated from a green seaweed, and emended descriptions of the genus Maribacter and Maribacter arcticus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2553-2558. 🇰🇷 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3549-3550.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
- Lo et al. 2013 Lo N, Jin HM, Jeon CO. Maribacter aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment, and an emended description of the genus Maribacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3409-3414. 🇰🇷 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  - 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.
- Hu et al. 2015 Hu J, Yang QQ, Ren Y, Zhang WW, Zheng G, Sun C, Pan J, Zhu XF, Zhang XQ, Wu M. Maribacter thermophilus sp. nov., isolated from an algal bloom in an intertidal zone, and emended description of the genus Maribacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:36-41. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1112-1113.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
- Jackson et al. 2015 Jackson SA, Kennedy J, Morrissey JP, O'Gara F, Dobson AD. Maribacter spongiicola sp. nov. and Maribacter vaceletii sp. nov., isolated from marine sponges, and emended description of the genus Maribacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2097-2103. 🇮🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3233-3234.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Flaibacter".
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Chen et al. (2017), Nedashkovskaya et al. (2010), Thongphrom et al. (2016), Khan et al. (2020), Park et al. (2016). 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 terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03315 (N = 4).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 30; DSM: 16; MCCC: 14; JCM: 10; KMM: 6; CGMCC: 5; KACC: 5; CCUG: 4; LMG: 3; NBRC: 3.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 39
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 39
Total number of child taxa: 43

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Maribacter aestuarii Lo et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter algae Kim et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter algarum Zhang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter algicola Khan et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter antarcticus Zhang et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter aquimarinus Kim et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter aquimaris Zhang et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter aquivivus Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter arcticus Cho et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter arenosus Thongphrom et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter aurantiacus (Chen et al. 2017) Khan et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter caenipelagi Jung et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter chungangensis Weerawongwiwat et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter cobaltidurans Fang et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter confluentis Park et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter corallii Kim et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter dokdonensis Yoon et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter flavus Tang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter forsetii Barbeyron et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter halichondriae Steiner et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Maribacter huludaoensis" Gao et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
Maribacter hydrothermalis Lin et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter litopenaei Kim et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter litoralis Lee et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter litorisediminis Park et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Maribacter luteocoastalis" Cao et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
Maribacter luteus Liu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter lutimaris Kim et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Maribacter marinus" Wang et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name
Maribacter maritimus Kang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter orientalis Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter pelagius Jin et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter polysaccharolyticus Gao et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter polysiphoniae Nedashkovskaya et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter sedimenticola Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter spongiae Kim et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter spongiicola Jackson et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter stanieri Nedashkovskaya et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter taeanensis Kim et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter thermophilus Hu et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter ulvicola Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Maribacter vaceletii Jackson et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Maribacter zhoushanensis" Gao et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992

Assigned by: Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SB, Han SK, Lysenko AM, Rohde M, Rhee MS, Frolova GM, Falsen E, Mikhailov VV, Bae KS. Maribacter gen. nov., a new member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from marine habitats, containing the species Maribacter sedimenticola sp. nov., Maribacter aquivivus sp. nov., Maribacter orientalis sp. nov. and Maribacter ulvicola sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1017-1023. 🇷🇺

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