Name: Kangiella spongicola Ahn et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spon.gi’co.la. Gr. masc. n. spongos, -i sponge; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. spongicola, inhabitant of a sponge

Gender: feminine

Type strain: A79; ATCC BAA-2076; DSM 23219

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU339304 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ahn J, Park JW, McConnell JA, Ahn YB, Haggblom MM. Kangiella spongicola sp. nov., a halophilic marine bacterium isolated from the sponge Chondrilla nucula. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:961-964.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1502-1503.

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.

Parent taxon: Kangiella Yoon et al. 2004

Assigned by: Ahn J, Park JW, McConnell JA, Ahn YB, Haggblom MM. Kangiella spongicola sp. nov., a halophilic marine bacterium isolated from the sponge Chondrilla nucula. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:961-964.

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Record number: 789146