Name: Marivivens donghaensis Park et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dong.ha.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. donghaensis, of Donghae, the Korean name for the East Sea of South Korea, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: don͡g-ha-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: AM-4; CECT 8947; KCTC 42776

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT282004 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park S, Kim S, Jung YT, Yoon JH. Marivivens donghaensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:666-672.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aestuarium zhoushanense Yu et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Marivivens Park et al. 2016. Publication: Park S, Kim S, Jung YT, Yoon JH. Marivivens donghaensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:666-672.
  • ⏰ According to Qu et al. (2022), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Aestuarium zhoushanense Yu et al. 2019. Publication: Qu L, Li Y, Wang W, Shao Z, Gao Z, Lai Q. Aestuarium zhoushanense is a later heterotypic synonym of Marivivens donghaensis, and transfer of Paradonghicola geojensis to the genus Marivivens as Marivivens geojensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5564.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 72, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5762.
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Marivivens Park et al. 2016

Assigned by: Park S, Kim S, Jung YT, Yoon JH. Marivivens donghaensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:666-672.

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