Name: Moritella marina (Baumann et al. 1984 ex Russell 1892) Urakawa et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Vibrio marinus (ex Russell 1892) Baumann et al. 1984

Etymology: ma.ri’na. L. fem. adj. marina, of or belonging to the sea, marine

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 15381; CIP 102861; NCCB 79030; NCIMB 1144; NCMB 1144

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB038033 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Urakawa H, Kita-Tsukamoto K, Steven SE, Ohwada K, Colwell RR. A proposal to transfer Vibrio marinus (Russell 1891) to a new genus Moritella gen. nov. as Moritella marina comb. nov. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1998; 165:373-378.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 69. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:341-342.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Vibrio marinus (ex Russell 1892) Baumann et al. 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Moritella Urakawa et al. 1999. Publication: Urakawa H, Kita-Tsukamoto K, Steven SE, Ohwada K, Colwell RR. A proposal to transfer Vibrio marinus (Russell 1891) to a new genus Moritella gen. nov. as Moritella marina comb. nov. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1998; 165:373-378.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 23 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Moritella Urakawa et al. 1999

Assigned by: Urakawa H, Kita-Tsukamoto K, Steven SE, Ohwada K, Colwell RR. A proposal to transfer Vibrio marinus (Russell 1891) to a new genus Moritella gen. nov. as Moritella marina comb. nov. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1998; 165:373-378.

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