Name: Pigmentiphaga litoralis Chen et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to.ra’lis. L. masc./fem. adj. litoralis, of or belonging to the seashore

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AA 207034; DSM 19789; JSM 61001; KCTC 22165

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU583723 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen YG, Zhang YQ, Huang K, Tang SK, Cao Y, Shi JX, Xiao HD, Cui XL, Li WJ. Pigmentiphaga litoralis sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic bacterium isolated from a tidal flat sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:521-525.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1259-1261.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pigmentiphaga Blümel et al. 2001

Assigned by: Chen YG, Zhang YQ, Huang K, Tang SK, Cao Y, Shi JX, Xiao HD, Cui XL, Li WJ. Pigmentiphaga litoralis sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic bacterium isolated from a tidal flat sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:521-525.

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Record number: 787752