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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Roseobacter weihaiensis

Name: Roseobacter weihaiensis Li et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wei.hai.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. weihaiensis, pertaining to Weihai city of China, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … we͡i-hai-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: H9; KCTC 82507; MCCC 1K04354

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Effective publication: Li YR, Zhang MJ, Yi YJ, Wang XC, San DM, Zhou YX. Roseobacter weihaiensis sp. nov., a cellulose-degrading bacterium isolated from intestinal content of Nipponacmea schrenckii collected from golden beach in Weihai, China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 118:12. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 227. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6989.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Roseobacter Shiba 1991

Assigned by: Li YR, Zhang MJ, Yi YJ, Wang XC, San DM, Zhou YX. Roseobacter weihaiensis sp. nov., a cellulose-degrading bacterium isolated from intestinal content of Nipponacmea schrenckii collected from golden beach in Weihai, China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 118:12. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 70300
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