Name: Cognaticolwellia beringensis (Zhang et al. 2017) Liu et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Colwellia beringensis Zhang et al. 2017

Etymology: be.ring.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. beringensis, named after the Bering Sea, the geographical origin of the type strain

Pronunciation, gender: be-rin͡g-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: KCTC 52554; MCCC 1A11668; NB097-1

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16S rRNA gene: MG016490 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 beringensis Zhang et al. 2017

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Colwellia beringensis Zhang et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Cognaticolwellia beringensis 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 2025-06-04.

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: 19617