Name: Dokdonia pacifica Zhang et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ci’fi.ca. L. fem. adj. pacifica, peaceful, referring to the Pacific Ocean from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.12184; DSM 25597; JCM 18216; SW230

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP862606 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang Z, Gao X, Wang L, Zhang XH. Dokdonia pacifica sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2222-2226.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3233-3234.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Dokdonia Yoon et al. 2005

Assigned by: Zhang Z, Gao X, Wang L, Zhang XH. Dokdonia pacifica sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2222-2226.

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Record number: 792950