Name: Pelagicola litorisediminis Park et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to.ri.se.di’mi.nis. L. neut. n. litus (gen. litoris), the seashore, coast; L. neut. n. sedimen (gen. sedminis), sediment; N.L. gen. neut. n. litorisediminis, of a coastal sediment, tidal flat sediment

Pronunciation, gender: li-to-ri-se-DI-mi-nis, masculine

Type strain: CECT 8287; D1-W8; KCTC 32327

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16S rRNA gene: KC708867 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Park S, Jung YT, Yoon JH. Pelagicola litorisediminis sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium isolated from tidal flat sediment. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:103-110.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 153. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3131-3134.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Roseovarius litorisediminis (Park et al. 2013) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Roseovarius litorisediminis (Park et al. 2013) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pelagicola litorisediminis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Pelagicola.
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Pelagicola Kim et al. 2008

Assigned by: Park S, Jung YT, Yoon JH. Pelagicola litorisediminis sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium isolated from tidal flat sediment. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:103-110.

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Record number: 791050