Name: Friedmanniella okinawensis Iwai et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ki.na.wen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. okinawensis, of or pertaining to Okinawa, a prefecture in Japan, where the organism was first isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21744; FB1; KACC 15055; NBRC 104966

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB445455 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Iwai K, Aisaka K, Suzuki M. Friedmanniella luteola sp. nov., Friedmanniella lucida sp. nov., Friedmanniella okinawensis sp. nov. and Friedmaniella sagamiharensis sp. nov., isolated from spiders. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:113-120.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:719-720.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Microlunatus okinawensis (Iwai et al. 2010) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Microlunatus okinawensis (Iwai et al. 2010) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Friedmanniella okinawensis 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 Friedmanniella.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 In the protologue, Friedmanniella okinawensis was misspelt as Friedmaniella (sic) okinawensis. — 🧍 In the title of the paper by Iwai et al. 2010, Friedmanniella sagamiharensis was misspelt as Friedmaniella (sic) sagamiharensis. Publication: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:719-720.

Parent taxon: Friedmanniella Schumann et al. 1997

Assigned by: Iwai K, Aisaka K, Suzuki M. Friedmanniella luteola sp. nov., Friedmanniella lucida sp. nov., Friedmanniella okinawensis sp. nov. and Friedmaniella sagamiharensis sp. nov., isolated from spiders. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:113-120.

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