Name: Lutimaribacter saemankumensis Yoon et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sae.man.kum.en’sis N.L. masc./fem. adj. saemankumensis, from Saemankum, the location on the Yellow Sea in Korea where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strains: CCUG 55760; DSM 28010; KCTC 22244; SMK-117

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU336981 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Lee JS, Oh TK. Lutimaribacter saemankumensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:48-52.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:645-646.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Lutimaribacter Yoon et al. 2009. Publication: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Lee JS, Oh TK. Lutimaribacter saemankumensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:48-52.
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Lutimaribacter Yoon et al. 2009

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Lee JS, Oh TK. Lutimaribacter saemankumensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:48-52.

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