Name: Cellulophaga pacifica Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ci’fi.ca. L. fem. adj. pacifica, peaceful, referring to the Pacific Ocean, from which the organism was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kel-lu-LO-p^ha-ga pa-KI-fi-ka, feminine

Type strain: JCM 11735; KMM 3664; LMG 21938; NBRC 101531

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB681468 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Suzuki M, Lysenko AM, Snauwaert C, Vancanneyt M, Swings J, Vysotskii MV, Mikhailov VV. Cellulophaga pacifica sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:609-613. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1007-1009.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Paracellulophaga pacifica" (Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004) Nakajima et al. 2026	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 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 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Cellulophaga Johansen et al. 1999

Assigned by: Nedashkovskaya OI, Suzuki M, Lysenko AM, Snauwaert C, Vancanneyt M, Swings J, Vysotskii MV, Mikhailov VV. Cellulophaga pacifica sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:609-613. 🇷🇺

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