Name: Jannaschia helgolandensis Wagner-Döbler et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hel.go.lan.den’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. helgolandensis, of the island of Helgoland, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 14858; Hel 10; NCIMB 13941

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ438157 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wagner-Dobler I, Rheims H, Felske A, Pukall R, Tindall BJ. Jannaschia helgolandensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel abundant member of the marine Roseobacter clade from the North Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:731-738.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Jannaschia Wagner-Döbler et al. 2003. Publication: Wagner-Dobler I, Rheims H, Felske A, Pukall R, Tindall BJ. Jannaschia helgolandensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel abundant member of the marine Roseobacter clade from the North Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:731-738.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 12 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. 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: Wagner-Dobler I, Rheims H, Felske A, Pukall R, Tindall BJ. Jannaschia helgolandensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel abundant member of the marine Roseobacter clade from the North Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:731-738.

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