Name: Loktanella marina Jung et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’na. L. fem. adj. marina, of or belonging to the sea, marine

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lok-ta-NEL-la ma-RI-na, feminine

Type strain: CECT 8899; KCTC 42722; MDM-7

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU522242 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jung YT, Park S, Lee JS, Yoon JH. Loktanella marina sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2528-2533. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3769-3770.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Flavimaricola marinus (Jung et al. 2016) Wirth and Whitman 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Flavimaricola marinus (Jung et al. 2016) Wirth and Whitman 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Loktanella marina 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Loktanella Van Trappen et al. 2004

Assigned by: Jung YT, Park S, Lee JS, Yoon JH. Loktanella marina sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2528-2533. 🇰🇷

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