Name: Dokdonia ponticola Park et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pon.ti’co.la. L. masc. n. pontus, the sea; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, a dweller, inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. ponticola, an inhabitant of the sea

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pon-TI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.16527; KACC 19437; KCTC 62187; OISW-17

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MG015882 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Park S, Won SM, Yoon JH. Dokdonia ponticola sp. nov., A Carrageenan-Degrading Bacterium of the Family Flavobacteriaceae Isolated from Seawater. Curr Microbiol 2018; 75:1126-1132. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-10-21.

Parent taxon: Dokdonia Yoon et al. 2005

Assigned by: Park S, Won SM, Yoon JH. Dokdonia ponticola sp. nov., A Carrageenan-Degrading Bacterium of the Family Flavobacteriaceae Isolated from Seawater. Curr Microbiol 2018; 75:1126-1132. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 67897