Name: Aquimarina macrocephali Miyazaki et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.cro.ce’pha.li. N.L. gen. masc. n. macrocephali, of macrocephalus, isolated from sediment adjacent to carcasses of Physeter macrocephalus, a sperm whale

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-kwi-ma-RI-na ma-kro-KE-p^ha-li, feminine

Type strain: JAMB N27; JCM 15542; NCIMB 14508

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB517144 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Miyazaki M, Nagano Y, Fujiwara Y, Hatada Y, Nogi Y. Aquimarina macrocephali sp. nov., isolated from sediment adjacent to sperm whale carcasses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2298-2302. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:4-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Park et al. 2012 Park SC, Choe HN, Baik KS, Seong CN. Aquimarina mytili sp. nov., isolated from the gut microflora of a mussel, Mytilus coruscus, and emended description of Aquimarina macrocephali. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1974-1979. 🇰🇷 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2555-2556.

• 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 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 10 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: 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. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Aquimarina Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Assigned by: Miyazaki M, Nagano Y, Fujiwara Y, Hatada Y, Nogi Y. Aquimarina macrocephali sp. nov., isolated from sediment adjacent to sperm whale carcasses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2298-2302. 🇯🇵

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