Name: Marinobacterium litorale Kim et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to.ra’le. L. neut. adj. litorale, of the seashore, a shallow-seawater dweller

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 23545; IMCC 1877; KCTC 12756; LMG 23872

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ917760 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim H, Choo YJ, Song J, Lee JS, Lee KC, Cho JC. Marinobacterium litorale sp. nov. in the order Oceanospirillales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1659-1662.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13919 (N = 24).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Marinobacterium González et al. 1997

Assigned by: Kim H, Choo YJ, Song J, Lee JS, Lee KC, Cho JC. Marinobacterium litorale sp. nov. in the order Oceanospirillales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1659-1662.

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