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; CECT 7801; CIP 109553; 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: synonym

Correct name: Palleronia pelagia (Choi et al. 2007) Barnier et al. 2023

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Palleronia pelagia" (Choi et al. 2007) Barnier et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Palleronia pelagia (Choi et al. 2007) Barnier et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: DSM 26892.
  • ❗ Maribius pelagius 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 Maribius.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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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