Name: Aestuariirhabdus litorea Khan et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to’re.a. L. fem. adj. litorea, inhabiting seashore

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a͡es-tu-a-ri-i-R^HAB-dus li-TO-re-a, feminine

Type strain: GTF13; JCM 32043; KACC 19788

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16S rRNA gene: MH742310 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Khan SA, Jung HS, Kim HM, Oh J, Lee SS, Jeon CO. Aestuariirhabdus litorea gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a sea tidal flat and proposal of Aestuariirhabdaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2239-2246. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Aestuariirhabdus Khan et al. 2020. Publication: Khan SA, Jung HS, Kim HM, Oh J, Lee SS, Jeon CO. Aestuariirhabdus litorea gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a sea tidal flat and proposal of Aestuariirhabdaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2239-2246. 🇰🇷
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Aestuariirhabdus Khan et al. 2020

Assigned by: Khan SA, Jung HS, Kim HM, Oh J, Lee SS, Jeon CO. Aestuariirhabdus litorea gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a sea tidal flat and proposal of Aestuariirhabdaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2239-2246. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 5913