Species Olleya namhaensis

Name: Olleya namhaensis Lee et al. 2013

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: nam.ha.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. namhaensis, of or belonging to Namhae, the Korean name for the South Sea in Korea, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: OL-ley-a nam-ha-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 61507; DSM 28881; KCTC 23673; WT-MY15

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ327134 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee MH, Jung YT, Park S, Yoon JH. Olleya namhaensis sp. nov., isolated from wood falls, and emended description of the genus Olleya Mancuso Nichols et al. 2005 emend. Lee et al. 2010. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1610-1615. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2755-2756.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Olleya Mancuso Nichols et al. 2005

Assigned by: Lee MH, Jung YT, Park S, Yoon JH. Olleya namhaensis sp. nov., isolated from wood falls, and emended description of the genus Olleya Mancuso Nichols et al. 2005 emend. Lee et al. 2010. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1610-1615. 🇰🇷

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