Name: Jannaschia aquimarina Park and Yoon 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qui.ma.ri’na. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. adj. marinus -a -um, marine, of the sea; N.L. fem. adj. aquimarina, of seawater

Pronunciation, gender: a-kwi-ma-RI-na, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 60899; DSM 28248; GSW-M26; KCTC 23555

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ596528 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park S, Yoon JH. Jannaschia aquimarina sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2631-2636.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:399-400.

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 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. — 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). 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: Jannaschia Wagner-Döbler et al. 2003

Assigned by: Park S, Yoon JH. Jannaschia aquimarina sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2631-2636.

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