Name: Mangroviflexus xiamenensis Zhao et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xia.men.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. xiamenensis, of or belonging to Xiamen [probably better: xiamensis]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.5167; DSM 24214; P2

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: HQ697914 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhao C, Gao Z, Qin Q, Ruan L. Mangroviflexus xiamenensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Marinilabiliaceae isolated from mangrove sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1819-1824.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2555-2556.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Mangroviflexus Zhao et al. 2012. Publication: Zhao C, Gao Z, Qin Q, Ruan L. Mangroviflexus xiamenensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Marinilabiliaceae isolated from mangrove sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1819-1824.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates within Geofilum and may be susceptible to reclassification". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Mangroviflexus Zhao et al. 2012

Assigned by: Zhao C, Gao Z, Qin Q, Ruan L. Mangroviflexus xiamenensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Marinilabiliaceae isolated from mangrove sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1819-1824.

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Record number: 790053