Species Opacimonas viscosa

Name: Opacimonas viscosa Lin et al. 2023

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: o-pa-KI-mo-nas wis-KO-sa, feminine

Type strain: KCTC 92597; LMIT007; MCCC 1K08161

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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

Risk group: 1

• 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. 🇨🇳
  • 😷 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: 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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