Name: Limimaricola litoreus Shao et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to’re.us. L. masc. adj. litoreus, living near the sea, of or belonging to the seashore

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: li-mi-ma-RI-ko-la li-TO-re-us, masculine

Type strain: ASW11-118; KCTC 82494; MCCC 1K05581

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16S rRNA gene: ON890666 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shao X, Meng D, Lei JX, Ding YY, Su JY, Wang YN, Li Y. Limimaricola litoreus sp. nov., isolated from intertidal sand of the Yellow Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5772. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5937.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Limimaricola Wirth and Whitman 2018

Assigned by: Shao X, Meng D, Lei JX, Ding YY, Su JY, Wang YN, Li Y. Limimaricola litoreus sp. nov., isolated from intertidal sand of the Yellow Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5772. 🇨🇳

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