Name: Sinobacterium caligoides Su et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.li.go.i’des. L. fem. n. caligo, fog; L. suff. -ides, looking like; N.L. neut. adj. caligoides, looking like fog, referring to the colony shape

Pronunciation, gender: ka-li-go-I-des, neuter

Type strain: CCTCC AB 209289; DSM 100316; LMG 25705; MCCC 1F01088; SCSWE24

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ686140 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Su J, Zhou Y, Lai Q, Li X, Dong P, Yang X, Zhang B, Zhang J, Zheng X, Tian Y, et al. Sinobacterium caligoides gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Oceanospirillaceae isolated from the South China Sea, and emended description of Amphritea japonica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2095-2100.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Diéguez et al. 2015 Dieguez AL, Jacobsen A, Magnesen T, Romalde JL. Sinobacterium norvegicum sp. nov., isolated from great scallop (Pecten maximus) broodstock and emended description of Sinobacterium caligoides. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:983-991. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 23. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:7-8.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sinobacterium Su et al. 2013. Publication: Su J, Zhou Y, Lai Q, Li X, Dong P, Yang X, Zhang B, Zhang J, Zheng X, Tian Y, et al. Sinobacterium caligoides gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Oceanospirillaceae isolated from the South China Sea, and emended description of Amphritea japonica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2095-2100.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Sinobacterium Su et al. 2013

Assigned by: Su J, Zhou Y, Lai Q, Li X, Dong P, Yang X, Zhang B, Zhang J, Zheng X, Tian Y, et al. Sinobacterium caligoides gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Oceanospirillaceae isolated from the South China Sea, and emended description of Amphritea japonica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2095-2100.

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