Name: Neptunitalea chrysea Yoon and Kasai 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chry’se.a. N.L. fem. adj. chrysea, golden, gold-colored; from Gr. masc. adj. chryseos, golden, gold-coloured

Pronunciation, gender: K^HRY-se-a, feminine

Type strain: AM327; KCTC 32989; NBRC 110019

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16S rRNA gene: LC052783 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yoon J, Kasai H. Phylogenetic and taxonomic analysis of Neptunitalea chrysea gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from seawater by using an in situ cultivation technique. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:537-544.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 166. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3763-3767.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Sahin et al. 2025 Sahin N, Watanabe S, Tani A. Neptunitalea lumnitzerae sp. nov. isolated from the phyllosphere of the mangrove Lumnitzera racemosa Willd. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2025; 118:50. Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 42. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6793.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Neptunitalea Yoon and Kasai 2015. Publication: Yoon J, Kasai H. Phylogenetic and taxonomic analysis of Neptunitalea chrysea gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from seawater by using an in situ cultivation technique. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:537-544.
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Neptunitalea Yoon and Kasai 2015

Assigned by: Yoon J, Kasai H. Phylogenetic and taxonomic analysis of Neptunitalea chrysea gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from seawater by using an in situ cultivation technique. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:537-544.

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