Name: Notoacmeibacter marinus Huang et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’nus. L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, isolated from the gut of a marine limpet, Notoacmea schrenckii on the intertidal rocks on Xiamen coast, China

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: no-to-ak-me-i-BAK-ter ma-RI-nus, masculine

Type strain: KCTC 52427; MCCC 1A01882; XMTR2A4

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX530080 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Huang Z, Guo F, Lai Q, Shao Z. Notoacmeibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gut of a limpet and proposal of Notoacmeibacteraceae fam. nov. in the order Rhizobiales of the class Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2527-2531. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mabikibacter ruber Choi et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Notoacmeibacter Huang et al. 2017. Publication: Huang Z, Guo F, Lai Q, Shao Z. Notoacmeibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gut of a limpet and proposal of Notoacmeibacteraceae fam. nov. in the order Rhizobiales of the class Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2527-2531. 🇨🇳
  • ⏰ According to Huang and Lai (2020), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Mabikibacter ruber Choi et al. 2017. Publication: Huang Z, Lai Q. Mabikibacter ruber Choi et al. 2017 is a later heterotypic synonym of Notoacmeibacter marinus Huang et al. 2017. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:439-441. 🇨🇳
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Notoacmeibacter Huang et al. 2017

Assigned by: Huang Z, Guo F, Lai Q, Shao Z. Notoacmeibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gut of a limpet and proposal of Notoacmeibacteraceae fam. nov. in the order Rhizobiales of the class Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2527-2531. 🇨🇳

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