Name: Formosa spongicola Yoon and Oh 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation, gender: spon-GI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: A2; DSM 22637; KCTC 22662

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ348469 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon BJ, Oh DC. Formosa spongicola sp. nov., isolated from the marine sponge Hymeniacidon flavia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:330-333. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1014-1015.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Xanthomarina spongicola (Yoon and Oh 2011) García-López et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Xanthomarina spongicola (Yoon and Oh 2011) García-López et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Formosa spongicola is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Formosa.
  • 😷 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Formosa Ivanova et al. 2004

Assigned by: Yoon BJ, Oh DC. Formosa spongicola sp. nov., isolated from the marine sponge Hymeniacidon flavia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:330-333. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 789033