Name: Dokdonia diaphora corrig. (Khan et al. 2006) Yoon et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Krokinobacter diaphorus Khan et al. 2006

Etymology: di.a’pho.ra. Gr. masc./fem. adj. diaphoros, different, unlike; N.L. fem. adj. diaphora, diversity (διάφορα)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … di-A-p^ho-ra, feminine

Type strain: CIP 108745; MSKK-32; NBRC 100817

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB198089 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Park S, Oh TK. Reclassification of the three species of the genus Krokinobacter into the genus Dokdonia as Dokdonia genika comb. nov., Dokdonia diaphoros comb. nov. and Dokdonia eikasta comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Dokdonia Yoon et al. 2005. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1896-1901. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2555-2556.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Dokdonia diaphoros (Khan et al. 2006) Yoon et al. 2012	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Krokinobacter diaphorus Khan et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🙂 Spelling correction conducted by LPSN on 2025-12-16.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-12-23.

Parent taxon: Dokdonia Yoon et al. 2005

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Park S, Oh TK. Reclassification of the three species of the genus Krokinobacter into the genus Dokdonia as Dokdonia genika comb. nov., Dokdonia diaphoros comb. nov. and Dokdonia eikasta comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Dokdonia Yoon et al. 2005. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1896-1901. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 69552