Name: Membranicola marinus Li et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’nus. L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, where the type strain was first isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.13179; CZ-AZ5; JCM 18886

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX306763 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li X, Liu Y, Chen Z, Liu LZ, Liu ZP, Liu Y. Membranicola marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Saprospiraceae isolated from a biofilter in a recirculating aquaculture system. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1275-1280.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2126-2128.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Membranihabitans marinus (Li et al. 2016) Deshmukh and Oren 2022

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Membranihabitans marinus (Li et al. 2016) Deshmukh and Oren 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Membranicola Li et al. 2016. Publication: Li X, Liu Y, Chen Z, Liu LZ, Liu ZP, Liu Y. Membranicola marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Saprospiraceae isolated from a biofilter in a recirculating aquaculture system. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1275-1280.
  • 😢 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. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Membranicola Li et al. 2016

Assigned by: Li X, Liu Y, Chen Z, Liu LZ, Liu ZP, Liu Y. Membranicola marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Saprospiraceae isolated from a biofilter in a recirculating aquaculture system. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1275-1280.

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