Name: Loktanella hongkongensis Lau et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hong.kong.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. hongkongensis, referring to Hong Kong, the isolation source of the type strain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 17492; JCM 12479; NRRL B-41039; UST950701-009P

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ915609 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lau SC, Tsoi MM, Li X, Plakhotnikova I, Wu M, Wong PK, Qian PY. Loktanella hongkongensis sp. nov., a novel member of the alpha-Proteobacteria originating from marine biofilms in Hong Kong waters. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2281-2284.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Limimaricola hongkongensis (Lau et al. 2004) Wirth and Whitman 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Limimaricola hongkongensis (Lau et al. 2004) Wirth and Whitman 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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:
  • ❗ Loktanella hongkongensis 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 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 13 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Lau SC, Riedel T, Fiebig A, Han J, Huntemann M, Petersen J, Ivanova NN, Markowitz V, Woyke T, Goker M, et al. Genome sequence of the pink-pigmented marine bacterium Loktanella hongkongensis type strain (UST950701-009P^T), a representative of the Roseobacter group. Stand Genomic Sci 2015; 10:51.

Parent taxon: Loktanella Van Trappen et al. 2004

Assigned by: Lau SC, Tsoi MM, Li X, Plakhotnikova I, Wu M, Wong PK, Qian PY. Loktanella hongkongensis sp. nov., a novel member of the alpha-Proteobacteria originating from marine biofilms in Hong Kong waters. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2281-2284.

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