Name: Litoreibacter ponti Park et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pon’ti. L. gen. masc. n. ponti, of the sea, referring to the isolation of the type strain from seawater

Pronunciation, gender: PON-ti, masculine

Type strain: DSM 100977; GJSW-31; KCTC 42114; NBRC 110379

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ729031 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park S, Park JM, Park DS, Yoon JH. Litoreibacter ponti sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3810-3815.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:323-324.

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. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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: Park S, Park JM, Park DS, Yoon JH. Litoreibacter ponti sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3810-3815.

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