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

Gender: feminine

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

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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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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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Record number: 790287