Name: Ardenticatena maritima Kawaichi et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’ti.ma. L. fem. adj. maritima, of or belonging to the sea, maritime

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ma-RI-ti-ma, feminine

Type strain: 110S; ATCC BAA-2145; DSM 23922; JCM 17282; KCTC 23289; NBRC 107679

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB576167 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kawaichi S, Ito N, Kamikawa R, Sugawara T, Yoshida T, Sako Y. Ardenticatena maritima gen. nov., sp. nov., a ferric iron- and nitrate-reducing bacterium of the phylum 'Chloroflexi' isolated from an iron-rich coastal hydrothermal field, and description of Ardenticatenia classis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2992-3002. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3935-3936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ardenticatena Kawaichi et al. 2013. Publication: Kawaichi S, Ito N, Kamikawa R, Sugawara T, Yoshida T, Sako Y. Ardenticatena maritima gen. nov., sp. nov., a ferric iron- and nitrate-reducing bacterium of the phylum 'Chloroflexi' isolated from an iron-rich coastal hydrothermal field, and description of Ardenticatenia classis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2992-3002. 🇯🇵
  • 😷 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 - 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Ardenticatena Kawaichi et al. 2013

Assigned by: Kawaichi S, Ito N, Kamikawa R, Sugawara T, Yoshida T, Sako Y. Ardenticatena maritima gen. nov., sp. nov., a ferric iron- and nitrate-reducing bacterium of the phylum 'Chloroflexi' isolated from an iron-rich coastal hydrothermal field, and description of Ardenticatenia classis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2992-3002. 🇯🇵

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