Name: Porphyrobacter dokdonensis Yoon et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dok.do.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. dokdonensis, of Dokdo, from where the strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: dok-do-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 17193; DSW-74; KCTC 12395

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ011529 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Lee MH, Oh HW, Oh TK. Porphyrobacter dokdonensis sp. nov., isolated from sea water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1079-1083.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1719-1720.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Erythrobacter dokdonensis (Yoon et al. 2006) Xu et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Erythrobacter dokdonensis (Yoon et al. 2006) Xu et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Porphyrobacter dokdonensis 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 Porphyrobacter.
  • 😷 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 4 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: Porphyrobacter Fuerst et al. 1993

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Lee MH, Oh HW, Oh TK. Porphyrobacter dokdonensis sp. nov., isolated from sea water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1079-1083.

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