Name: Loktanella hongkongensis Lau et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hong.kong.en’sis. N.L. masc./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.
  • 🎓 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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