Name: Kistimonas scapharcae Lee et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sca.phar’cae. N.L. gen. fem. n. scapharcae, of Scapharca, isolated from Scapharca broughtonii (ark clam)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: A36; JCM 17805; KACC 16204

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JF811908 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee J, Shin NR, Lee HW, Roh SW, Kim MS, Kim YO, Bae JW. Kistimonas scapharcae sp. nov., isolated from a dead ark clam (Scapharca broughtonii), and emended description of the genus Kistimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2865-2869.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:799-800.

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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Kistimonas Choi et al. 2010

Assigned by: Lee J, Shin NR, Lee HW, Roh SW, Kim MS, Kim YO, Bae JW. Kistimonas scapharcae sp. nov., isolated from a dead ark clam (Scapharca broughtonii), and emended description of the genus Kistimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2865-2869.

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Record number: 790325