Name: Litoreibacter ascidiaceicola Kim et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: as.ci.di.a.ce.i’co.la. N.L. neut. n. Ascidiacea, name of a zoological class; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, a dweller, inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. ascidiaceicola, Ascidiacea dweller

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CECT 8539; DSM 100566; KCTC 42050; RSS4-C1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ410763 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim YO, Park S, Nam BH, Park JM, Kim DG, Yoon JH. Litoreibacter ascidiaceicola sp. nov., isolated from the golden sea squirt Halocynthia aurantium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2545-2550.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3607-3609.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Litoreibacter Romanenko et al. 2011

Assigned by: Kim YO, Park S, Nam BH, Park JM, Kim DG, Yoon JH. Litoreibacter ascidiaceicola sp. nov., isolated from the golden sea squirt Halocynthia aurantium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2545-2550.

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Record number: 792049