Name: Janibacter alittae Kim et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.lit’tae. N.L. gen. fem. n. alittae, of the marine sandworm genus Alitta

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-LIT-ta͡e, masculine

Type strain: A1S7; JCM 36706; KCTC 49714

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16S rRNA gene: PP175168 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim B, Jun MO, Yang A-I, Joe S-H, Joe H-I, Sung H, Kim KH, Kim HJ, Shin N-R. Janibacter alittae sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from the gut of marine sandworm (Alitta virens). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2024; 74:0. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6588.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-11-18.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Janibacter Martin et al. 1997

Assigned by: Kim B, Jun MO, Yang A-I, Joe S-H, Joe H-I, Sung H, Kim KH, Kim HJ, Shin N-R. Janibacter alittae sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from the gut of marine sandworm (Alitta virens). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2024; 74:0. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 54629