Name: Myroides marinus Cho et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’nus. L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, marine

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 23048; JCM 16529; JS-08; KCTC 23023

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ857652 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cho SH, Chae SH, Im WT, Kim SB. Myroides marinus sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:938-941.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1502-1503.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Yan et al. 2012 Yan S, Zhao N, Zhang XH. Myroides phaeus sp. nov., isolated from human saliva, and emended descriptions of the genus Myroides and the species Myroides profundi Zhang et al. 2009 and Myroides marinus Cho et al. 2011. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:770-775. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1446-1447.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 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: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Myroides Vancanneyt et al. 1996

Assigned by: Cho SH, Chae SH, Im WT, Kim SB. Myroides marinus sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:938-941.

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