Name: Litoreibacter arenae (Kim et al. 2009) Kim et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thalassobacter arenae Kim et al. 2009

Etymology: a.re’nae. L. gen. fem. n. arenae, of sand

Pronunciation, gender: a-RE-na͡e, masculine

Type strain: DSM 19593; GA2-M15; KACC 12675

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU342372 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim YO, Park S, Nam BH, Kang SJ, Hur YB, Kim DG, Oh TK, Yoon JH. Description of Litoreibacter meonggei sp. nov., isolated from the sea squirt Halocynthia roretzi, reclassification of Thalassobacter arenae as Litoreibacter arenae comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Litoreibacter Romanenko et al. 2011. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1825-1831.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2555-2556.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thalassobacter arenae Kim et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 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 2023-10-29. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced by Riedel et al. (2013). Publication: Riedel T, Fiebig A, Petersen J, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Goker M, Klenk HP. Genome sequence of the Litoreibacter arenae type strain (DSM 19593^T), a member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from sea sand. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 9:117-127.

Parent taxon: Litoreibacter Romanenko et al. 2011

Assigned by: Kim YO, Park S, Nam BH, Kang SJ, Hur YB, Kim DG, Oh TK, Yoon JH. Description of Litoreibacter meonggei sp. nov., isolated from the sea squirt Halocynthia roretzi, reclassification of Thalassobacter arenae as Litoreibacter arenae comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Litoreibacter Romanenko et al. 2011. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1825-1831.

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