Name: Thalassotalea Zhang et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Tha.las.so.ta’le.a. Gr. fem. n. thalassa, the sea; L. fem. n. talea, a rod; N.L. fem. n. Thalassotalea, a rod from the sea

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Thalassotale-), t^ha-las-so-TA-le-a

Type species: Thalassotalea ganghwensis (Yi et al. 2004) Zhang et al. 2014

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang Y, Tang K, Shi X, Zhang XH. Description of Thalassotalea piscium gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus), reclassification of four species of the genus Thalassomonas as members of the genus Thalassotalea gen. nov. and emended description of the genus Thalassomonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1223-1228. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2188-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Park et al. 2014 Park S, Jung YT, Kang CH, Park JM, Yoon JH. Thalassotalea ponticola sp. nov., isolated from seawater, reclassification of Thalassomonas fusca as Thalassotalea fusca comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Thalassotalea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3676-3682. 🇰🇷 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:323-324.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
  • Hou et al. 2015 Hou TT, Liu Y, Zhong ZP, Liu HC, Liu ZP. Thalassotalea marina sp. nov., isolated from a marine recirculating aquaculture system, reclassification of Thalassomonas eurytherma as Thalassotalea eurytherma comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Thalassotalea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4710-4715. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1600-1602.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Thalassomonas Macián et al. 2001. Publication: Yi H, Bae KS, Chun J. Thalassomonas ganghwensis sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:377-380. 🇰🇷
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lassotalea"; "Thalassota"; "Thlassotalaea".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Sheu et al. (2018), Park et al. (2018), Lian et al. (2021). 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: KCTC: 17; JCM: 9; MCCC: 7; LMG: 6; BCRC: 4; DSM: 3; CGMCC: 3; NBRC: 3; KACC: 3; CECT: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 27
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 27
Total number of child taxa: 27

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thalassotalea agariperforans (Park et al. 2011) Zhang et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea agarivorans (Jean et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea algicola Lian et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea aquiviva Lee et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea atypica Wang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea castellviae Rey-Velasco et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea coralli Sheu et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea crassostreae Choi et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea euphylliae Sheu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea eurytherma (Sun et al. 2014) Hou et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea fonticola Li et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea fusca (Jung et al. 2014) Park et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea ganghwensis (Yi et al. 2004) Zhang et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea hakodatensis Yamano et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea insulae Park et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea litorea Kang et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea loyana (Thompson et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea mangrovi Zheng et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea marina Hou et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea maritima Lee et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea montiporae Chen et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea nanhaiensis Li et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea piscium Zhang et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea ponticola Park et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea profundi Liu et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea psychrophila Li et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassotalea sediminis Xu et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Colwelliaceae Ivanova et al. 2004

Assigned by: Zhang Y, Tang K, Shi X, Zhang XH. Description of Thalassotalea piscium gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus), reclassification of four species of the genus Thalassomonas as members of the genus Thalassotalea gen. nov. and emended description of the genus Thalassomonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1223-1228. 🇨🇳

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