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

See detailed strain information at

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. — 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 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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