Name: Aquimarina amphilecti Kennedy et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: am.phi.lec’ti. N.L. gen. masc. n. amphilecti, of Amphilectus, the genus name of the marine sponge Amphilectus fucorum from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 92V; DSM 25232; NCIMB 14723

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN039190 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kennedy J, Margassery LM, O'Leary ND, O'Gara F, Morrissey J, Dobson AD. Aquimarina amphilecti sp. nov., isolated from the sponge Amphilectus fucorum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:501-505.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1459-1460.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Aquimarina Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Assigned by: Kennedy J, Margassery LM, O'Leary ND, O'Gara F, Morrissey J, Dobson AD. Aquimarina amphilecti sp. nov., isolated from the sponge Amphilectus fucorum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:501-505.

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Record number: 791530