Name: Cognaticolwellia aestuarii (Jung et al. 2006) Liu et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Colwellia aestuarii Jung et al. 2006

Etymology: aes.tu.a’ri.i. L. gen. neut. n. aestuarii, of a tidal flat, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 17314; KCTC 12480; SMK-10

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ055844 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Liu A, Zhang YJ, Cheng P, Peng YJ, Blom J, Xue QJ. Whole genome analysis calls for a taxonomic rearrangement of the genus Colwellia. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:919-931.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 199. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4773.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Colwellia aestuarii Jung et al. 2006

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Colwellia aestuarii Jung et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Cognaticolwellia Liu et al. 2021. Publication: Liu A, Zhang YJ, Cheng P, Peng YJ, Blom J, Xue QJ. Whole genome analysis calls for a taxonomic rearrangement of the genus Colwellia. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:919-931.
  • ❗ Cognaticolwellia aestuarii is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Cognaticolwellia.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Cognaticolwellia Liu et al. 2021

Assigned by: Liu A, Zhang YJ, Cheng P, Peng YJ, Blom J, Xue QJ. Whole genome analysis calls for a taxonomic rearrangement of the genus Colwellia. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:919-931.

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Record number: 19615