Name: Labrys okinawensis Islam et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ki.na.wen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. okinawensis, referring to Okinawa, the province in Japan where the bacterium was first isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 18385; MAFF 210191

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB236169 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Islam MS, Kawasaki H, Nakagawa Y, Hattori T, Seki T. Labrys okinawensis sp. nov. and Labrys miyagiensis sp. nov., budding bacteria isolated from rhizosphere habitats in Japan, and emended descriptions of the genus Labrys and Labrys monachus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:552-557.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1173-1174.

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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Labrys Vasilyeva and Semenov 1985

Assigned by: Islam MS, Kawasaki H, Nakagawa Y, Hattori T, Seki T. Labrys okinawensis sp. nov. and Labrys miyagiensis sp. nov., budding bacteria isolated from rhizosphere habitats in Japan, and emended descriptions of the genus Labrys and Labrys monachus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:552-557.

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Record number: 786050