Name: Litoreibacter meonggei Kim et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.ong.ge’i. N.L. gen. neut. n. meonggei, of meongge, the Korean name for the sea squirt Halocynthia roretzi, from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 61486; DSM 29466; KCTC 23699; MA1-1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN021667 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

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 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, 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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Record number: 790060