Name: Loktanella fryxellensis Van Trappen et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fryxell.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. fryxellensis, referring to the isolation source, Lake Fryxell, Antarctica

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 108323; DSM 16213; JCM 21635; LMG 22007; NBRC 102485

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ582225 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Van Trappen S, Mergaert J, Swings J. Loktanella salsilacus gen. nov., sp. nov., Loktanella fryxellensis sp. nov. and Loktanella vestfoldensis sp. nov., new members of the Rhodobacter group, isolated from microbial mats in Antarctic lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1263-1269.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1911-1913.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09788 (N = 100).
  • 😷 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: Loktanella Van Trappen et al. 2004

Assigned by: Van Trappen S, Mergaert J, Swings J. Loktanella salsilacus gen. nov., sp. nov., Loktanella fryxellensis sp. nov. and Loktanella vestfoldensis sp. nov., new members of the Rhodobacter group, isolated from microbial mats in Antarctic lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1263-1269.

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Record number: 777597