Name: Loktanella agnita Ivanova et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a’gni.ta. L. fem. part. adj. agnita, recognized

Pronunciation, gender: A-n͡gni-ta, feminine

Type strain: CIP 107883; KMM 3788; R10SW5

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY682198 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ivanova EP, Zhukova NV, Lysenko AM, Gorshkova NM, Sergeev AF, Mikhailov VV, Bowman JP. Loktanella agnita sp. nov. and Loktanella rosea sp. nov., from the north-west Pacific Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2203-2207. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:7-9.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species and may be reclassified as a new genus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸

Parent taxon: Loktanella Van Trappen et al. 2004

Assigned by: Ivanova EP, Zhukova NV, Lysenko AM, Gorshkova NM, Sergeev AF, Mikhailov VV, Bowman JP. Loktanella agnita sp. nov. and Loktanella rosea sp. nov., from the north-west Pacific Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2203-2207. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 784162