Name: Marivirga sericea (ex Lewin 1969) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: se.ri.ce.a. N.L. fem. adj. sericea, made from or pertaining to silk

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 23182; DSM 4125; LMG 13021; NBRC 15983; NCIMB 1403; NCMB 1403

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB078081 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Vancanneyt M, Kim SB, Bae KS. Reclassification of Flexibacter tractuosus (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 and 'Microscilla sericea' Lewin 1969 in the genus Marivirga gen. nov. as Marivirga tractuosa comb. nov. and Marivirga sericea nom. rev., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1858-1863.

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

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 Marivirga sericea (ex Lewin 1969) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2010 was previously known as "Microscilla sericea" Lewin 1969. Publication: Lewin RA. A classification of flexibacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1969; 58:189-206.

Parent taxon: Marivirga Nedashkovskaya et al. 2010

Assigned by: Nedashkovskaya OI, Vancanneyt M, Kim SB, Bae KS. Reclassification of Flexibacter tractuosus (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 and 'Microscilla sericea' Lewin 1969 in the genus Marivirga gen. nov. as Marivirga tractuosa comb. nov. and Marivirga sericea nom. rev., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1858-1863.

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