Name: Flavivirga aquimarina Lee et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qui.ma.ri’na. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. adj. marinus -a -um, marine; N.L. fem. adj. aquimarina, living in sea water

Gender: feminine

Type strain: EC2D5; JCM 31796; KCTC 52353

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX245374 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee JH, Kang JW, Choe HN, Seong CN. Flavivirga eckloniae sp. nov. and Flavivirga aquimarina sp. nov., isolated from seaweed Ecklonia cava. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3089-3094.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Flavivirga Yi et al. 2012

Assigned by: Lee JH, Kang JW, Choe HN, Seong CN. Flavivirga eckloniae sp. nov. and Flavivirga aquimarina sp. nov., isolated from seaweed Ecklonia cava. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3089-3094.

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Record number: 795663