Name: Maribius pelagius Choi et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.la’gi.us. L. masc. adj. pelagius, of or belonging to the sea

Gender: masculine

Type strain: B5-6; DSM 26893; JCM 14009; KCCM 42336

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ514326 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Choi DH, Cho JC, Lanoil BD, Giovannoni SJ, Cho BC. Maribius salinus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a solar saltern and Maribius pelagius sp. nov., cultured from the Sargasso Sea, belonging to the Roseobacter clade. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:270-275.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:898-899.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Palleronia pelagia" (Choi et al. 2007) Barnier et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: DSM 26892.
  • Maribius pelagius is the correct name 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 Maribius.
  • 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: Maribius Choi et al. 2007

Assigned by: Choi DH, Cho JC, Lanoil BD, Giovannoni SJ, Cho BC. Maribius salinus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a solar saltern and Maribius pelagius sp. nov., cultured from the Sargasso Sea, belonging to the Roseobacter clade. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:270-275.

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