Name: Planococcus maritimus Yoon et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’ti.mus. L. masc. adj. maritimus, of or belonging to the sea, maritime

Pronunciation, gender: ma-RI-ti-mus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 17275; JCM 11543; KCCM 41587; TF-9

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF500007 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Weiss N, Kang KH, Oh TK, Park YH. Planococcus maritimus sp. nov., isolated from sea water of a tidal flat in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:2013-2017. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:309-311.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Ivanova et al. 2006 Ivanova EP, Wright JP, Lysenko AM, Zhukova NV, Alexeeva YV, Buljan V, Kalinovskaya NI, Nicolau DV, Christen R, Mikhailov VV. Characterization of unusual alkaliphilic gram-positive bacteria isolated from degraded brown alga thalluses. Mikrobiol Z 2006; 68:10-20. Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 6. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1376.

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13443 (N = 12).
  • 😷 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 31 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Planococcus Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Weiss N, Kang KH, Oh TK, Park YH. Planococcus maritimus sp. nov., isolated from sea water of a tidal flat in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:2013-2017. 🇰🇷

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