Name: Pontivivens insulae Park et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in’su.lae. L. gen. fem. n. insulae, of an island, referring to the source of isolation of the type strain

Type strain: CECT 8812; GYSW-23; KCTC 42458

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP662553 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park S, Won SM, Park JM, Jung YT, Yoon JH. Pontivivens insulae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2896-2902.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4294-4296.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pontivivens Park et al. 2015. Publication: Park S, Won SM, Park JM, Jung YT, Yoon JH. Pontivivens insulae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2896-2902.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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: Pontivivens Park et al. 2015

Assigned by: Park S, Won SM, Park JM, Jung YT, Yoon JH. Pontivivens insulae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2896-2902.

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Record number: 793185