Name: Fangia hongkongensis Lau et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hong.kong.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. hongkongensis, pertaining to Hong Kong SAR, PR China, where the bacterium was first isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21703; JCM 14605; NRRL B-41860; UST040201-002

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB176554 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lau KW, Ren J, Fung MC, Woo PC, Yuen KY, Chan KK, Qian PY, Wong PK, Wu M. Fangia hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium of the order Thiotrichales isolated from coastal seawater of Hong Kong. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2665-2669.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:313-314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Fangia Lau et al. 2007. Publication: Lau KW, Ren J, Fung MC, Woo PC, Yuen KY, Chan KK, Qian PY, Wong PK, Wu M. Fangia hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium of the order Thiotrichales isolated from coastal seawater of Hong Kong. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2665-2669.
  • 😢 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. The usage of the term "coherent taxon" (or equivalent) is cautioned against. 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Fangia Lau et al. 2007

Assigned by: Lau KW, Ren J, Fung MC, Woo PC, Yuen KY, Chan KK, Qian PY, Wong PK, Wu M. Fangia hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel gammaproteobacterium of the order Thiotrichales isolated from coastal seawater of Hong Kong. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2665-2669.

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