Name: Loktanella atrilutea Hosoya and Yokota 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lok-ta-NEL-la a-tri-LU-te-a, 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. — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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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