Name: Lewinella marina Khan et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’na. L. fem. adj. marina, of the sea, marine

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: le-wi-NEL-la ma-RI-na, feminine

Type strain: MKG-38; NBRC 102633; NCIMB 14312

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681891 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Khan ST, Fukunaga Y, Nakagawa Y, Harayama S. Emended descriptions of the genus Lewinella and of Lewinella cohaerens, Lewinella nigricans and Lewinella persica, and description of Lewinella lutea sp. nov. and Lewinella marina sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2946-2951. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:531-532.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Neolewinella marina (Khan et al. 2007) Huang et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 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. 🇩🇪 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 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 6 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Lewinella Sly et al. 1998

Assigned by: Khan ST, Fukunaga Y, Nakagawa Y, Harayama S. Emended descriptions of the genus Lewinella and of Lewinella cohaerens, Lewinella nigricans and Lewinella persica, and description of Lewinella lutea sp. nov. and Lewinella marina sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2946-2951. 🇯🇵

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