Name: Flavivirga spongiicola Yang et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spon.gi.i’co.la. L. fem. n. spongia, sponge; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. spongiicola, sponge inhabitant

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fla-wi-WIR-ga spon-gi-I-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: JCM 16662; KCCM 92563; KCTC 92527; M EBiC05379

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: ON778600 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yang SH, Park MJ, Oh HM, Park YJ, Kwon KK. Flavivirga spongiicola sp. nov. and Flavivirga abyssicola sp. nov., Isolated from Marine Environments. J Microbiol 2024; 62:11-19. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 220. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6501.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00225 (N = 47).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-12-16.

Parent taxon: Flavivirga Yi et al. 2012

Assigned by: Yang SH, Park MJ, Oh HM, Park YJ, Kwon KK. Flavivirga spongiicola sp. nov. and Flavivirga abyssicola sp. nov., Isolated from Marine Environments. J Microbiol 2024; 62:11-19. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 44297