Name: Litoreibacter halocynthiae Kim et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.cyn’thi.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. halocynthiae, of Halocynthia, named after the generic name of the sea squirt Halocynthia roretzi, from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 63416; DSM 29467; KCTC 32213; P-MA1-7

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX644172 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim YO, Park S, Nam BH, Jung YT, Kim DG, Lee JS, Lee SJ, Yoon JH. Litoreibacter halocynthiae sp. nov., isolated from the sea squirt Halocynthia roretzi. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3364-3368.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.

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 1 time 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, Jung YT, Kim DG, Lee JS, Lee SJ, Yoon JH. Litoreibacter halocynthiae sp. nov., isolated from the sea squirt Halocynthia roretzi. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3364-3368.

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Record number: 791125