Name: Hirschia maritima Kang and Lee 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’ti.ma. L. fem. adj. maritima, of the marine environment

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 19733; GSW-2; JCM 14974

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FM202386 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kang HS, Lee SD. Hirschia maritima sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2264-2268.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2921-2922.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Hirschia Schlesner et al. 1990

Assigned by: Kang HS, Lee SD. Hirschia maritima sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2264-2268.

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Record number: 786771