Name: Marinitoga okinawensis Nunoura et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ki.na.wen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. okinawensis, of Okinawa, a region of Japan

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ma-ri-NI-to-ga o-ki-na-WEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 17373; JCM 13303; TFS10-5

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB262395 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nunoura T, Oida H, Miyazaki M, Suzuki Y, Takai K, Horikoshi K. Marinitoga okinawensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic and anaerobic heterotroph isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal field, Southern Okinawa Trough. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:467-471. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1173-1174.

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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Marinitoga Wery et al. 2001

Assigned by: Nunoura T, Oida H, Miyazaki M, Suzuki Y, Takai K, Horikoshi K. Marinitoga okinawensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic and anaerobic heterotroph isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal field, Southern Okinawa Trough. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:467-471. 🇯🇵

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