Name: Loktanella aestuariicola Park et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: aes.tu.a.ri.i’co.la. L. neut. n. aestuarium (gen. aestuarii), tidal flat; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, an inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. aestuariicola, an inhabitant of tidal flat

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lok-ta-NEL-la a͡es-tu-a-ri-I-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: J-TF4; KCTC 42135; NBRC 110408

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KJ855316 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Park S, Jung YT, Won SM, Park JM, Yoon JH. Loktanella aestuariicola sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium isolated from a tidal flat. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:707-714. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 166. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3763-3767.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Limimaricola aestuariicola (Park et al. 2015) Wirth and Whitman 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Limimaricola aestuariicola (Park et al. 2015) Wirth and Whitman 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Loktanella aestuariicola is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Loktanella.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Loktanella Van Trappen et al. 2004

Assigned by: Park S, Jung YT, Won SM, Park JM, Yoon JH. Loktanella aestuariicola sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium isolated from a tidal flat. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:707-714. 🇰🇷

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