Name: Aquimarina spongiae Yoon et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spon’gi.ae. L. gen. fem. n. spongiae, of a sponge, pertaining to the source of the type strain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: A6; DSM 22623; KCTC 22663

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ348470 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon BJ, You HS, Lee DH, Oh DC. Aquimarina spongiae sp. nov., isolated from marine sponge Halichondria oshoro. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:417-421.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1014-1015.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Park et al. 2013 Park SC, Choe HN, Baik KS, Seong CN. Aquimarina gracilis sp. nov., isolated from the gut microflora of a mussel, Mytilus coruscus, and emended description of Aquimarina spongiae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1782-1787. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2755-2756.

• 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. — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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: Yoon BJ, You HS, Lee DH, Oh DC. Aquimarina spongiae sp. nov., isolated from marine sponge Halichondria oshoro. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:417-421.

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