Name: Kordia jejudonensis Park et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: je.ju.do.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. jejudonensis, pertaining to Jejudo, the Korean island from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: KOR-di-a je-ju-do-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CECT 8368; KCTC 32426; SSK3-3

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16S rRNA gene: KF040476 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park S, Jung YT, Yoon JH. Kordia jejudonensis sp. nov., isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater spring, and emended description of the genus Kordia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:657-662. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1459-1460.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Kordia Sohn et al. 2004

Assigned by: Park S, Jung YT, Yoon JH. Kordia jejudonensis sp. nov., isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater spring, and emended description of the genus Kordia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:657-662. 🇰🇷

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