Name: Loktanella soesokkakensis Park et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: soe.sok.ka.ken’sis. N.L. fem. adj. soesokkakensis, pertaining to Soesokkak, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lok-ta-NEL-la so͡e-sok-ka-KEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CECT 8367; DSM 29956; DSSK1-5; KCTC 32425

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC987356 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Park S, Lee JS, Lee KC, Yoon JH. Loktanella soesokkakensis sp. nov., isolated from the junction between the North Pacific Ocean and a freshwater spring. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:397-404. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 155. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Limimaricola soesokkakensis (Park et al. 2014) Wirth and Whitman 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Limimaricola soesokkakensis (Park et al. 2014) Wirth and Whitman 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Loktanella soesokkakensis 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: Park S, Lee JS, Lee KC, Yoon JH. Loktanella soesokkakensis sp. nov., isolated from the junction between the North Pacific Ocean and a freshwater spring. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:397-404. 🇰🇷

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