Name: Sabulilitoribacter arenilitoris Kang et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.re.ni.li.to’ris. L. fem. n. arena, sand; L. neut. n. litus (gen. litoris), the seashore, coast; N.L. gen. neut. n. arenilitoris, of sand of the seashore

Gender: masculine

Type strain: HMF6543; KCTC 52401; NBRC 112674

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX343046 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kang H, Cha I, Kim H, Joh K. Sabulilitoribacter arenilitoris sp. nov., isolated from seashore sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4796-4800.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Wocania arenilitoris (Kang et al. 2017) Liu et al. 2023

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Wocania arenilitoris (Kang et al. 2017) Liu et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Sabulilitoribacter arenilitoris 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 Sabulilitoribacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species and may be reclassified as a new genus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Sabulilitoribacter Park et al. 2014

Assigned by: Kang H, Cha I, Kim H, Joh K. Sabulilitoribacter arenilitoris sp. nov., isolated from seashore sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4796-4800.

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Record number: 796251