Name: Emcibacter nanhaiensis Liu et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: nan.hai.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. nanhaiensis, pertaining to Nanhai, the Chinese name for the South China Sea, the site where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: nan-hai-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.12471; HTCJW17; LMG 27419; MCCC 1A06723

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ191195 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Liu X, Li G, Lai Q, Sun F, Du Y, Shao Z. Emcibacter nanhaiensis gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from sediment of the South China Sea. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:893-900. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2017-2025.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Emcibacter Liu et al. 2015. Publication: Liu X, Li G, Lai Q, Sun F, Du Y, Shao Z. Emcibacter nanhaiensis gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from sediment of the South China Sea. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:893-900. 🇨🇳
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Emcibacter Liu et al. 2015

Assigned by: Liu X, Li G, Lai Q, Sun F, Du Y, Shao Z. Emcibacter nanhaiensis gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from sediment of the South China Sea. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:893-900. 🇨🇳

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