Name: Jannaschia donghaensis Yoon et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dong.ha.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. donghaensis, of Donghae, the Korean name for the East Sea of Korea, from where the organism was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … don͡g-ha-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSW-17; JCM 14563; KCTC 12862

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF202612 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Park S, Oh TK. Jannaschia donghaensis sp. nov., isolated from seawater of the East Sea, Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2132-2136. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2727-2728.

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 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: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Park S, Oh TK. Jannaschia donghaensis sp. nov., isolated from seawater of the East Sea, Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2132-2136. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 786716