Name: Dokdonia donghaensis Yoon et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dong.ha.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. donghaensis, pertaining to Donghae, the Korean name of the East Sea, where Dokdo is located and from where the organism was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: don͡g-ha-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 17200; DSW-1; KCTC 12391

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ003276 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Lee CH, Oh TK. Dokdonia donghaensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from sea water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2323-2328.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Dokdonia Yoon et al. 2005. Publication: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Lee CH, Oh TK. Dokdonia donghaensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from sea water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2323-2328.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hahnke et al. (2016). Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.

Parent taxon: Dokdonia Yoon et al. 2005

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Lee CH, Oh TK. Dokdonia donghaensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from sea water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2323-2328.

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