Name: Kordiimonas gwangyangensis Kwon et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gwan.gy.ang.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. gwangyangensis, from Gwangyang Bay, the geographical origin of the strain

Pronunciation, gender: gwan-gy-an͡g-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 19435; GW14-5; JCM 12864; KCCM 42021

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY682384 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kwon KK, Lee HS, Yang SH, Kim SJ. Kordiimonas gwangyangensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from marine sediments that forms a distinct phyletic lineage (Kordiimonadales ord. nov.) in the 'Alphaproteobacteria'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2033-2037.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:7-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Yang et al. 2013 Yang SH, Kim MR, Seo HS, Lee SH, Lee JH, Kim SJ, Kwon KK. Description of Kordiimonas aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from seawater, and emended descriptions of the genus Kordiimonas Kwon et al. 2005 emend. Xu et al. 2011 and of its existing species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:298-302. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1211-1213.
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Kordiimonas Kwon et al. 2005. Publication: Kwon KK, Lee HS, Yang SH, Kim SJ. Kordiimonas gwangyangensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from marine sediments that forms a distinct phyletic lineage (Kordiimonadales ord. nov.) in the 'Alphaproteobacteria'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2033-2037.
  • 😷 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 10 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Kordiimonas Kwon et al. 2005

Assigned by: Kwon KK, Lee HS, Yang SH, Kim SJ. Kordiimonas gwangyangensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from marine sediments that forms a distinct phyletic lineage (Kordiimonadales ord. nov.) in the 'Alphaproteobacteria'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2033-2037.

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