Name: Marinifaba aquimaris Sui et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qui’ma.ris. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. gen. neut. n. maris, of the sea; N.L. gen. neut. n. aquimaris, of the seawater

Pronunciation, gender: a-KWI-ma-ris, feminine

Type strain: KCTC 72844; MCCC 1K04323; SM1970

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN640861 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sui X, He XY, Liu NH, Dang YR, Cha QQ, Sun ML, Li CY, Fu HH, Song XY, Qin QL, et al. Marinifaba aquimaris gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel chitin-degrading gammaproteobacterium in the family Alteromonadaceae isolated from seawater of the Mariana Trench. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:947-955.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Marinifaba Sui et al. 2025. Publication: Sui X, He XY, Liu NH, Dang YR, Cha QQ, Sun ML, Li CY, Fu HH, Song XY, Qin QL, et al. Marinifaba aquimaris gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel chitin-degrading gammaproteobacterium in the family Alteromonadaceae isolated from seawater of the Mariana Trench. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:947-955.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-10-21.

Parent taxon: Marinifaba Sui et al. 2025

Assigned by: Sui X, He XY, Liu NH, Dang YR, Cha QQ, Sun ML, Li CY, Fu HH, Song XY, Qin QL, et al. Marinifaba aquimaris gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel chitin-degrading gammaproteobacterium in the family Alteromonadaceae isolated from seawater of the Mariana Trench. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:947-955.

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