Name: Loktanella pyoseonensis Moon et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: py.o.se.o.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. pyoseonensis, pertaining to Pyoseon Beach, Jeju, Republic of Korea, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lok-ta-NEL-la py-o-se-o-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 21424; JJM85; KCTC 22372

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM983542 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Moon YG, Seo SH, Lee SD, Heo MS. Loktanella pyoseonensis sp. nov., isolated from beach sand, and emended description of the genus Loktanella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:785-789. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1480-1481.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Limimaricola pyoseonensis (Moon et al. 2010) Wirth and Whitman 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Limimaricola pyoseonensis (Moon et al. 2010) 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 pyoseonensis 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Loktanella Van Trappen et al. 2004

Assigned by: Moon YG, Seo SH, Lee SD, Heo MS. Loktanella pyoseonensis sp. nov., isolated from beach sand, and emended description of the genus Loktanella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:785-789. 🇰🇷

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