Name: Loktanella ponticola Jung et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pon.ti’co.la. L. masc. n. pontus, the sea; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, a dweller, inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. ponticola, a dweller of sea

Gender: feminine

Type strain: KCTC 42133; NBRC 110409; W-SW2

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ855314 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jung YT, Park S, Park JM, Yoon JH. Loktanella ponticola sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3717-3723.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:323-324.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Yoonia ponticola (Jung et al. 2014) Wang et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Yoonia ponticola (Jung et al. 2014) Wang et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Loktanella ponticola 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species and may be reclassified as a new genus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Loktanella Van Trappen et al. 2004

Assigned by: Jung YT, Park S, Park JM, Yoon JH. Loktanella ponticola sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3717-3723.

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Record number: 792313