Name: Ohtaekwangia kribbensis Yoon et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: krib.ben’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. kribbensis, of or pertaining to KRIBB, an arbitrary adjective formed from the acronym of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, KRIBB, where taxonomic studies on this species were performed

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 10AO; CCUG 58938; DSM 25221; KCTC 23019

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU117703 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Lee SY, Lee JS, Park S. Ohtaekwangia koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ohtaekwangia kribbensis sp. nov., isolated from marine sand, deep-branching members of the phylum Bacteroidetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1066-1072.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1765-1766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 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: Ohtaekwangia Yoon et al. 2011

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Lee SY, Lee JS, Park S. Ohtaekwangia koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ohtaekwangia kribbensis sp. nov., isolated from marine sand, deep-branching members of the phylum Bacteroidetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1066-1072.

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