Name: Opacimonas viscosa Lin et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vis.co’sa. L. fem. adj. viscosa, sticky, viscous, named for its attachment characteristics

Pronunciation, gender: wis-KO-sa, feminine

Type strain: KCTC 92597; LMIT007; MCCC 1K08161

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16S rRNA gene: ON892047 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lin X, Cai R, Cai G, Xie J, Zhou Z, Wang H. Opacimonas viscosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from phycosphere. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5904.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5996.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Yang et al. 2025 Yang X, Lin X, Cai R, Wang H, Cai G. Opacimonas immobilis sp. nov., a novel non-flagellated Alteromonadaceae species with the smallest genome isolated from the phycosphere of the diatom Actinocyclus curvatulus. Arch Microbiol 2025; 207:173.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2025-06-26 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Opacimonas Lin et al. 2023. Publication: Lin X, Cai R, Cai G, Xie J, Zhou Z, Wang H. Opacimonas viscosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from phycosphere. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5904.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Opacimonas Lin et al. 2023

Assigned by: Lin X, Cai R, Cai G, Xie J, Zhou Z, Wang H. Opacimonas viscosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from phycosphere. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5904.

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