Name: Kordiimonas lipolytica Wu et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.po.ly’ti.ca. Gr. neut. n. lipos, fat; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, able to dissolve; from Gr. fem. adj. lytikê, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. lipolytica, fat-dissolving, referring to the property of being able to hydrolyse lipids

Pronunciation, gender: li-po-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.15304; JCM 30877; M41

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KR919608 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wu YH, Jian SL, Meng FX, Maripatay, Tohty D, Wang CS, Xu XW. Kordiimonas lipolytica sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2198-2204.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3765-3767.

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. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). 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: Kordiimonas Kwon et al. 2005

Assigned by: Wu YH, Jian SL, Meng FX, Maripatay, Tohty D, Wang CS, Xu XW. Kordiimonas lipolytica sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2198-2204.

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Record number: 794198