Name: Loktanella atrilutea Hosoya and Yokota 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: at.ri.lu’te.a. L. adj. ater -tra -trum, dark; L. adj. luteus -a -um, orange; N.L. fem. adj. atrilutea, dark orange

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 29326; IAM 15450; IG8; JCM 23210; NCIMB 14280

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB246747 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hosoya S, Yokota A. Loktanella atrilutea sp. nov., isolated from seawater in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1966-1969.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2727-2728.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Loktanella Van Trappen et al. 2004

Assigned by: Hosoya S, Yokota A. Loktanella atrilutea sp. nov., isolated from seawater in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1966-1969.

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Record number: 786704