Name: Marivirga harenae Muramatsu et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.re’nae. L. gen. fem. n. harenae, of sand, referring to the isolation of the type strain from brown sand

Pronunciation, gender: ha-RE-na͡e, feminine

Type strain: IFO 15981; JK11; NBRC 15981; NCIMB 1429

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB078071 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Muramatsu Y, Kamakura Y, Takahashi M, Nakagawa Y. Reclassification of Flexibacter tractuosus NBRC 15981T as Marivirga harenae sp. nov. in the family Flammeovirgaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1937-1942.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3137-3139.

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.
  • 🧍 The type strain JK11 = NBRC 15981 = NCIMB 1429 was formerly classified as Flexibacter tractuosus. Publication: Leadbetter ER. Genus II. Flexibacter Soriano 1945, 92, Lewin 1969, 192 emend. mut. char. In: Buchanan RE, N.e G (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1974, p. 105-107.

Parent taxon: Marivirga Nedashkovskaya et al. 2010

Assigned by: Muramatsu Y, Kamakura Y, Takahashi M, Nakagawa Y. Reclassification of Flexibacter tractuosus NBRC 15981T as Marivirga harenae sp. nov. in the family Flammeovirgaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1937-1942.

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