Name: Loktanella rosea Ivanova et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro’se.a. L. fem. adj. rosea, rose-coloured or rosy, referring to the pinkish colour of the colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lok-ta-NEL-la RO-se-a, feminine

Type strain: CIP 107851; DSM 29591; Fg36; KMM 6003; LMG 22534

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY682199 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ivanova EP, Zhukova NV, Lysenko AM, Gorshkova NM, Sergeev AF, Mikhailov VV, Bowman JP. Loktanella agnita sp. nov. and Loktanella rosea sp. nov., from the north-west Pacific Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2203-2207. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:7-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Yoonia rosea (Ivanova et al. 2005) Wirth and Whitman 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Yoonia rosea (Ivanova et al. 2005) 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 rosea 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 7 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Loktanella Van Trappen et al. 2004

Assigned by: Ivanova EP, Zhukova NV, Lysenko AM, Gorshkova NM, Sergeev AF, Mikhailov VV, Bowman JP. Loktanella agnita sp. nov. and Loktanella rosea sp. nov., from the north-west Pacific Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2203-2207. 🇦🇺

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