Name: Marinifilum fragile Na et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fra’gi.le. L. neut. adj. fragile, fragile

Gender: neuter

Type strain: IMSNU 14138; JC2469; JCM 15579; KCTC 22488

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ394546 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Na H, Kim S, Moon EY, Chun J. Marinifilum fragile gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2241-2246.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2921-2922.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Marinifilum Na et al. 2009. Publication: Na H, Kim S, Moon EY, Chun J. Marinifilum fragile gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2241-2246.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Marinifilum Na et al. 2009

Assigned by: Na H, Kim S, Moon EY, Chun J. Marinifilum fragile gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from tidal flat sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2241-2246.

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Record number: 788072