Name: Botrimarina mediterranea Wiegand et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.di.ter.ra’ne.a. L. fem. adj. mediterranea, Mediterranean, corresponding to the origin of the strain from the Mediterranean Sea

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bo-tri-ma-RI-na me-di-ter-RA-ne-a, feminine

Type strain: CECT 9852; DSM 100745; LMG 31350; Spa11; VKM B-3431

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16S rRNA gene: MK554534 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wiegand S, Jogler M, Boedeker C, Heuer A, Peeters SH, Kallscheuer N, Jetten MSM, Kaster AK, Rohde M, Jogler C. Updates to the recently introduced family Lacipirellulaceae in the phylum Planctomycetes: isolation of strains belonging to the novel genera Aeoliella, Botrimarina, Pirellulimonas and Pseudobythopirellula and the novel species Bythopirellula polymerisocia and Posidoniimonas corsicana. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1979-1997. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 200. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4846.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Botrimarina Wiegand et al. 2021. Publication: Wiegand S, Jogler M, Boedeker C, Heuer A, Peeters SH, Kallscheuer N, Jetten MSM, Kaster AK, Rohde M, Jogler C. Updates to the recently introduced family Lacipirellulaceae in the phylum Planctomycetes: isolation of strains belonging to the novel genera Aeoliella, Botrimarina, Pirellulimonas and Pseudobythopirellula and the novel species Bythopirellula polymerisocia and Posidoniimonas corsicana. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1979-1997. 🇩🇪
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Botrimarina Wiegand et al. 2021

Assigned by: Wiegand S, Jogler M, Boedeker C, Heuer A, Peeters SH, Kallscheuer N, Jetten MSM, Kaster AK, Rohde M, Jogler C. Updates to the recently introduced family Lacipirellulaceae in the phylum Planctomycetes: isolation of strains belonging to the novel genera Aeoliella, Botrimarina, Pirellulimonas and Pseudobythopirellula and the novel species Bythopirellula polymerisocia and Posidoniimonas corsicana. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1979-1997. 🇩🇪

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