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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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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