Name: Idiomarina tainanensis (Jean et al. 2009) Taborda et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pseudidiomarina tainanensis Jean et al. 2009

Etymology: tai.na.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. tainanensis, pertaining to Tainan, Taiwan, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: tai-na-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 17750; JCM 15084; PIN1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU423907 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Taborda M, Antunes A, Tiago I, Verissimo A, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Description of Idiomarina insulisalsae sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a sea salt evaporation pond, proposal to transfer the species of the genus Pseudidiomarina to the genus Idiomarina and emended description of the genus Idiomarina. Syst Appl Microbiol 2009; 32:371-378.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 131. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudidiomarina tainanensis Jean et al. 2009

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Idiomarina maritima (Wu et al. 2009) Taborda et al. 2010	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudidiomarina maritima Wu et al. 2009	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudidiomarina tainanensis Jean et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Liu et al. (2019), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Idiomarina maritima (Wu et al. 2009) Taborda et al. 2010. Publication: Liu Y, Lai Q, Shao Z, Zhu HH. Pseudidiomarina maritima Wu et al. 2009 is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudidiomarina tainanensis Jean et al. 2009 and emended description of the species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3765-3768.
  • ⏰ According to Liu et al. (2019), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Pseudidiomarina maritima Wu et al. 2009. Publication: Liu Y, Lai Q, Shao Z, Zhu HH. Pseudidiomarina maritima Wu et al. 2009 is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudidiomarina tainanensis Jean et al. 2009 and emended description of the species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3765-3768.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1447-1449.
  • ❗ Idiomarina tainanensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Idiomarina.
  • 😷 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 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Idiomarina taiwanensis from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Parent taxon: Idiomarina Ivanova et al. 2000

Assigned by: Taborda M, Antunes A, Tiago I, Verissimo A, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Description of Idiomarina insulisalsae sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a sea salt evaporation pond, proposal to transfer the species of the genus Pseudidiomarina to the genus Idiomarina and emended description of the genus Idiomarina. Syst Appl Microbiol 2009; 32:371-378.

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