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

Gender: 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.
  • 🎓 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: 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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