Name: Cytophaga marina (ex Hikida et al. 1979) Reichenbach 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: ma.ri’na. L. fem. adj. marina, of the sea, marine

Pronunciation, gender: ma-RI-na, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 43398; CCUG 35198; CIP 103528; DSM 17995; IFO 15946; JCM 21157; LMG 11612; NBRC 15946; NCIMB 2154; NCMB 2154; R2

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16S rRNA gene: AB078057 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Reichenbach H. Genus I. Cytophaga Winogradsky 1929, 577, emend. In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 2015-2020.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Tenacibaculum maritimum (Wakabayashi et al. 1986) Suzuki et al. 2001

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Flexibacter maritimus Wakabayashi et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Tenacibaculum maritimum (Wakabayashi et al. 1986) Suzuki et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV Important fish pathogen.". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t2". — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 31 and in the paper by Reichenbach 1989, the type strain NCIMB 2154 is erroneously cited as NCIMB 2153. — In Validation List no. 31, Cytophaga marina is erroneously proposed as a new species. Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 31, the page numbers of the paper by Reichenbach 1989 are erroneously cited as 2015-2020 (sic). Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.
  • 🧍 Later homotypic synonym of Flexibacter maritimus Wakabayashi et al. 1986 emend. Bernardet and Grimont 1989. Cytophaga marina (ex Hikida et al. 1979) Reichenbach 1989 should have been named Cytophaga maritima (Wakabayashi et al. 1986) Reichenbach 1989. Publication: Holmes B. Synonymy of Flexibacter maritimus Wakabayashi, Hikida, and Masumura 1986 and Cytophaga marina Reichenbach 1989. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1992; 42:185.

Parent taxon: Cytophaga Winogradsky 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Reichenbach H. Genus I. Cytophaga Winogradsky 1929, 577, emend. In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 2015-2020.

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