Name: Marinitoga litoralis Postec et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to.ra’lis. L. fem. adj. litoralis, of or belonging to the seashore

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21709; JCM 15581; MC3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FM253687 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Postec A, Ciobanu M, Birrien JL, Bienvenu N, Prieur D, Le Romancer M. Marinitoga litoralis sp. nov., a thermophilic, heterotrophic bacterium isolated from a coastal thermal spring on Ile Saint-Paul, Southern Indian Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1778-1782.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2511-2512.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Marinitoga Wery et al. 2001

Assigned by: Postec A, Ciobanu M, Birrien JL, Bienvenu N, Prieur D, Le Romancer M. Marinitoga litoralis sp. nov., a thermophilic, heterotrophic bacterium isolated from a coastal thermal spring on Ile Saint-Paul, Southern Indian Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1778-1782.

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Record number: 788688