Species Porphyrobacter donghaensis

Name: Porphyrobacter donghaensis Yoon et al. 2004

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: dong.ha.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. donghaensis, of Donghae, the Korean name for the East Sea in Korea from which the strains were isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: por-p^hy-ro-BAK-ter don͡g-ha-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 16220; KCTC 12229; SW-132

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY559428 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Lee MH, Oh TK. Porphyrobacter donghaensis sp. nov., isolated from sea water of the East Sea in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2231-2235. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Erythrobacter donghaensis (Yoon et al. 2004) Xu et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Erythrobacter donghaensis (Yoon et al. 2004) Xu et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Porphyrobacter donghaensis 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 2026-08-13. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 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, Lee MH, Oh TK. Porphyrobacter donghaensis sp. nov., isolated from sea water of the East Sea in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2231-2235. 🇰🇷

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.779757Copy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 779757