Name: Lewinella lacunae Kang et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la.cu’nae. L. gen. fem. n. lacunae, a pool of water, of a pond

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CECT 8679; HME9359; KCTC 42187

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KM017082 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kang H, Kim H, Joung Y, Joh K. Lewinella maritima sp. nov., and Lewinella lacunae sp. nov., novel bacteria from marine environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3603-3609.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4881-4883.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Neolewinella lacunae (Kang et al. 2017) Huang et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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: Lewinella Sly et al. 1998

Assigned by: Kang H, Kim H, Joung Y, Joh K. Lewinella maritima sp. nov., and Lewinella lacunae sp. nov., novel bacteria from marine environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3603-3609.

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Record number: 795851