Name: Galbibacter marinus Li et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’nus. L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, marine

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: gal-bi-BAK-ter ma-RI-nus, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 209062; ck-I2-15; LMG 25228; MCCC 1A03044

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU928746 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li C, Lai Q, Fu Y, Chen S, Shao Z. Galbibacter marinus sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1427-1430. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2368-2370.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03496 (N = 106).
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hahnke et al. (2016). 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: Galbibacter Khan et al. 2007

Assigned by: Li C, Lai Q, Fu Y, Chen S, Shao Z. Galbibacter marinus sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1427-1430. 🇨🇳

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