Species Loktanella maritima

Name: Loktanella maritima Tanaka et al. 2014

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’ti.ma. L. fem. adj. maritima, maritime, marine

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

Type strain: DSM 101533; JCM 19807; KMM 9530; NRIC 919

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB894236 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tanaka N, Romanenko LA, Kurilenko VV, Svetashev VI, Kalinovskaya NI, Mikhailov VV. Loktanella maritima sp. nov. isolated from shallow marine sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2370-2375. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3333-3334.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Yoonia maritima (Tanaka et al. 2014) Wirth and Whitman 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Yoonia maritima (Tanaka et al. 2014) 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 maritima 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Loktanella Van Trappen et al. 2004

Assigned by: Tanaka N, Romanenko LA, Kurilenko VV, Svetashev VI, Kalinovskaya NI, Mikhailov VV. Loktanella maritima sp. nov. isolated from shallow marine sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2370-2375. 🇯🇵

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