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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ma-RI-na, 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. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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