Name: Martelella mediterranea Rivas et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.di.ter.ra’ne.a. L. fem. adj. mediterranea, midland, inland, remote from the sea, mediterranean (opp. to maritimus), and, in late Latin, used to refer to the Mediterranean Sea (Mediterraneum mare), referring to the fact that the type strain was isolated from a mediterranean island

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: mar-te-LEL-la me-di-ter-RA-ne-a, feminine

Type strain: CECT 5861; DSM 17316; LMG 22193; MACL11

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN905357 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rivas R, Sanchez-Marquez S, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E, Velazquez E. Martelella mediterranea gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alpha-proteobacterium isolated from a subterranean saline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:955-959. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. 🇩🇪 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 genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Martelella Rivas et al. 2005. Publication: Rivas R, Sanchez-Marquez S, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E, Velazquez E. Martelella mediterranea gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alpha-proteobacterium isolated from a subterranean saline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:955-959. 🇪🇸
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 8 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The genome sequence of the type strain was analysed by Bartling et al. (2017). Publication: Bartling P, Brinkmann H, Bunk B, Overmann J, Goker M, Petersen J. The Composite 259-kb Plasmid of Martelella mediterranea DSM 17316^T-A Natural Replicon with Functional RepABC Modules from Rhodobacteraceae and Rhizobiaceae. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1787. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Martelella Rivas et al. 2005

Assigned by: Rivas R, Sanchez-Marquez S, Mateos PF, Martinez-Molina E, Velazquez E. Martelella mediterranea gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alpha-proteobacterium isolated from a subterranean saline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:955-959. 🇪🇸

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