Name: Idiomarina taiwanensis (Jean et al. 2006) Taborda et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pseudidiomarina taiwanensis Jean et al. 2006

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

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

Type strain: BCRC 17465; DSM 19709; JCM 13360; PIT1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KM407758 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 taiwanensis Jean et al. 2006

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudidiomarina taiwanensis Jean et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Idiomarina taiwanensis 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Idiomarina tainanensis 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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