Name: Paraoerskovia marina Khan et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’na. L. fem. adj. marina, of the sea, marine

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CTT-37; DSM 21750; NBRC 104352

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB695379 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Khan ST, Harayama S, Tamura T, Ando K, Takagi M, Kazuo SY. Paraoerskovia marina gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2094-2098.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2649-2650.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Koreibacter algae Lee and Lee 2010	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Schumann et al. 2013 Schumann P, Pukall R, Sproer C, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of Koreibacter algae as a later heterotypic synonym of Paraoerskovia marina and emended descriptions of the genus Paraoerskovia Khan et al. 2009 and of Paraoerskovia marina Khan et al. 2009. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:219-223. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1211-1213.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Paraoerskovia Khan et al. 2009. Publication: Khan ST, Harayama S, Tamura T, Ando K, Takagi M, Kazuo SY. Paraoerskovia marina gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2094-2098.
  • ⏰ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Koreibacter algae Lee and Lee 2010. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
  • ⏰ According to Schumann et al. (2013), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Koreibacter algae Lee and Lee 2010. Publication: Schumann P, Pukall R, Sproer C, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of Koreibacter algae as a later heterotypic synonym of Paraoerskovia marina and emended descriptions of the genus Paraoerskovia Khan et al. 2009 and of Paraoerskovia marina Khan et al. 2009. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:219-223.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Paraoerskovia Khan et al. 2009

Assigned by: Khan ST, Harayama S, Tamura T, Ando K, Takagi M, Kazuo SY. Paraoerskovia marina gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2094-2098.

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