Name: Sneathiella chinensis Jordan et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chi.nen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. chinensis, pertaining to China, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CBMAI 737; LMG 23452; NBRC 103408

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB682000 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jordan EM, Thompson FL, Zhang XH, Li Y, Vancanneyt M, Kroppenstedt RM, Priest FG, Austin B. Sneathiella chinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine alphaproteobacterium isolated from coastal sediment in Qingdao, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:114-121.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:659-660.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sneathiella Jordan et al. 2007. Publication: Jordan EM, Thompson FL, Zhang XH, Li Y, Vancanneyt M, Kroppenstedt RM, Priest FG, Austin B. Sneathiella chinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine alphaproteobacterium isolated from coastal sediment in Qingdao, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:114-121.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sneathiella Jordan et al. 2007

Assigned by: Jordan EM, Thompson FL, Zhang XH, Li Y, Vancanneyt M, Kroppenstedt RM, Priest FG, Austin B. Sneathiella chinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine alphaproteobacterium isolated from coastal sediment in Qingdao, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:114-121.

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