Name: Maribius pontilimi Lee 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pon.ti.li’mi. L. masc. n. pontus, sea; L. masc. n. limus, mud; N.L. gen. masc. n. pontilimi, of mud of the sea, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 104950; GH1-23; KCTC 52957

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT797154 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee SD. Maribius pontilimi sp. nov., isolated from a tidal mudflat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:353-357.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Palleronia pontilimi (Lee 2018) Barnier et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Palleronia pontilimi (Lee 2018) Barnier et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Tranquillimonas pontilimi (Lee 2018) Liang et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Maribius pontilimi 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Maribius Choi et al. 2007

Assigned by: Lee SD. Maribius pontilimi sp. nov., isolated from a tidal mudflat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:353-357.

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Record number: 796369