Name: Loktanella koreensis Weon et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ko.re.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. koreensis, pertaining to Korea, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lok-ta-NEL-la ko-re-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CIP 109899; DSM 17925; GA2-M3; KACC 11519

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ344498 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Weon HY, Kim BY, Yoo SH, Kim JS, Kwon SW, Go SJ, Stackebrandt E. Loktanella koreensis sp. nov., isolated from sea sand in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2199-2202. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2725-2726.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Cognatiyoonia koreensis (Weon et al. 2006) Wirth and Whitman 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cognatiyoonia koreensis (Weon et al. 2006) 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 koreensis 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 2026-08-13. 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: Weon HY, Kim BY, Yoo SH, Kim JS, Kwon SW, Go SJ, Stackebrandt E. Loktanella koreensis sp. nov., isolated from sea sand in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2199-2202. 🇰🇷

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