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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pon-TI-ko-la, 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. — 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 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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