Name: Loktanella maricola Yoon et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’co.la. L. neut. n. mare, sea; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, a dweller, inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. maricola, inhabitant of the sea

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 29128; DSW-18; JCM 14564; KCTC 12863

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF202613 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Lee SY, Oh TK. Loktanella maricola sp. nov., isolated from seawater of the East Sea in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1799-1802.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2451-2452.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Yoonia maricola (Yoon et al. 2007) Wirth and Whitman 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Yoonia maricola (Yoon et al. 2007) Wirth and Whitman 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Loktanella maricola 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Loktanella Van Trappen et al. 2004

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Lee SY, Oh TK. Loktanella maricola sp. nov., isolated from seawater of the East Sea in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1799-1802.

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Record number: 786587