Name: Limnobacter profundi Kim et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro.fun’di. L. gen. neut. n. profundi, of/from the depths of the sea, referring to the environment where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: pro-FUN-di, masculine

Type strain: KACC 21400; NBRC 114111; SAORIC-580

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16S rRNA gene: OQ777717 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kim M, Song J, Shin SY, Kogure K, Kang I, et al. Cultivation of deep-sea bacteria from the Northwest Pacific Ocean and characterization of Limnobacter profundi sp. nov., a phenol-degrading bacterium. Front Mar Sci 2024; 11:1449548.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 223. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: KACC 21440.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.27126 (N = 12).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-03.

Parent taxon: Limnobacter Spring et al. 2001

Assigned by: Kim M, Song J, Shin SY, Kogure K, Kang I, et al. Cultivation of deep-sea bacteria from the Northwest Pacific Ocean and characterization of Limnobacter profundi sp. nov., a phenol-degrading bacterium. Front Mar Sci 2024; 11:1449548.

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Record number: 65756