Name: Gaetbulibacter saemankumensis Jung et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sae.man.ku.men’sis. N.L. masc. adj. saemankumensis, of Saemankum, from where the organism was originally isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ga-et-bu-li-BAK-ter sa͡e-man-ku-MEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 17032; JCM 12931; KCTC 12379; SMK-12

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY883937 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jung SY, Kang SJ, Lee MH, Lee SY, Oh TK, Yoon JH. Gaetbulibacter saemankumensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a tidal flat sediment in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1845-1849. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:7-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Gaetbulibacter Jung et al. 2005. Publication: Jung SY, Kang SJ, Lee MH, Lee SY, Oh TK, Yoon JH. Gaetbulibacter saemankumensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a tidal flat sediment in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1845-1849. 🇰🇷
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 7 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Gaetbulibacter Jung et al. 2005

Assigned by: Jung SY, Kang SJ, Lee MH, Lee SY, Oh TK, Yoon JH. Gaetbulibacter saemankumensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a tidal flat sediment in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1845-1849. 🇰🇷

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