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Species Microbacterium aquimaris
Name: Microbacterium aquimaris Kim et al. 2008
Etymology: a.qui’ma.ris. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. neut. n. mare (gen. maris), sea; N.L. gen. neut. n. aquimaris, of seawater
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-KWI-ma-ris, neuter
Type strain: DSM 19713; JCM 15625; JS54-2; KCTC 19124
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MW412502
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Kim KK, Lee KC, Oh HM, Lee JS. Microbacterium aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1616-1620. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2247-2248.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Emendations:
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Lee et al. 2025
Lee SD, Yang HL, Kim IS. Microbacterium xanthum sp. nov. Isolated from Seaweed, with the Reclassification of Microbacterium ihumii Yacouba et al. 2023 as a Later Heterotypic Synonym of Microbacterium tenebrionis Lee and Kim 2023. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:452. 🇰🇷
Notes:- 🧍 As of 2025-09-30 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
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Lee et al. 2025
Lee SD, Yang HL, Kim IS. Microbacterium xanthum sp. nov. Isolated from Seaweed, with the Reclassification of Microbacterium ihumii Yacouba et al. 2023 as a Later Heterotypic Synonym of Microbacterium tenebrionis Lee and Kim 2023. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:452.
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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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
Parent taxon: Microbacterium Orla-Jensen 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Kim KK, Lee KC, Oh HM, Lee JS. Microbacterium aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1616-1620. 🇰🇷
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Record number: 787453
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