Species Chengkuizengella axinellae

Name: Chengkuizengella axinellae Moon et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: a.xi.nel’lae. N.L. gen. fem. n. axinellae, of Axinella, the genus name of the marine sponge

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: k^hen͡g-ku-i-zen-GEL-la a-xi-NEL-la͡e, feminine

Type strain: 2205SS18-9; KACC 23238; LMG 33063

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OQ569369 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Moon YL, Kim KH, Park JS. Chengkuizengella axinellae sp. nov., a symbiotic bacterium isolated from a marine sponge of the genus Axinella. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 117:106. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.21224 (N = 15).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-02-10.

Parent taxon: Chengkuizengella Cao et al. 2017

Assigned by: Moon YL, Kim KH, Park JS. Chengkuizengella axinellae sp. nov., a symbiotic bacterium isolated from a marine sponge of the genus Axinella. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 117:106. 🇰🇷

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