Name: Iamia majanohamensis Kurahashi et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ja.no.ha.men’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. majanohamensis, pertaining to Majanohama, the site on the coast of Aka Island, Japan, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 19957; F12; NBRC 102561

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB360448 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kurahashi M, Fukunaga Y, Sakiyama Y, Harayama S, Yokota A. Iamia majanohamensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from sea cucumber Holothuria edulis, and proposal of Iamiaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:869-873.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1557-1558.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Iamia Kurahashi et al. 2009. Publication: Kurahashi M, Fukunaga Y, Sakiyama Y, Harayama S, Yokota A. Iamia majanohamensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from sea cucumber Holothuria edulis, and proposal of Iamiaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:869-873.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Iamia Kurahashi et al. 2009

Assigned by: Kurahashi M, Fukunaga Y, Sakiyama Y, Harayama S, Yokota A. Iamia majanohamensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from sea cucumber Holothuria edulis, and proposal of Iamiaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:869-873.

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