Name: Maritalea myrionectae Hwang et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: my.ri’o.nec.tae. N.L. gen. fem. n. myrionectae, of Myrionecta rubra, the generic name of the ciliate from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CL-SK30; DSM 19524; KCCM 90060

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF988631 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hwang CY, Cho KD, Yih W, Cho BC. Maritalea myrionectae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a culture of the marine ciliate Myrionecta rubra. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:609-614.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1259-1261.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Maritalea Hwang et al. 2009. Publication: Hwang CY, Cho KD, Yih W, Cho BC. Maritalea myrionectae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a culture of the marine ciliate Myrionecta rubra. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:609-614.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 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: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Maritalea Hwang et al. 2009

Assigned by: Hwang CY, Cho KD, Yih W, Cho BC. Maritalea myrionectae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a culture of the marine ciliate Myrionecta rubra. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:609-614.

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