Name: Microlunatus okinawensis (Iwai et al. 2010) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Friedmanniella okinawensis Iwai et al. 2010

Etymology: o.ki.na.wen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. okinawensis, pertaining to Okinawa, a prefecture in Japan, where the organism was first isolated

Pronunciation, gender: o-ki-na-WEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 21744; FB1; KACC 15055; NBRC 104966

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB445455 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Friedmanniella okinawensis Iwai et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Microlunatus Nakamura et al. 1995

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

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Record number: 798278