Name: Loktanella variabilis Park et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va.ri.a’bi.lis. L. fem. adj. variabilis, variable, changeable, referring to the variation in colony colour observed between the first two known strains

Pronunciation, gender: wa-ri-A-bi-lis, feminine

Type strain: CECT 8572; J-MR2-Y; KCTC 42074

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16S rRNA gene: KJ569528 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park JM, Park S, Jung YT, Cho JY, Yoon JH. Loktanella variabilis sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2579-2585.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3607-3609.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • ❗ Loktanella variabilis 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Loktanella Van Trappen et al. 2004

Assigned by: Park JM, Park S, Jung YT, Cho JY, Yoon JH. Loktanella variabilis sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2579-2585.

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Record number: 792053