Name: Solitalea koreensis Weon et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ko.re.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. koreensis, pertaining to Korea, from where the organism was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 21342; KACC 12953; R2A36-4

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU787448 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Weon HY, Kim BY, Lee CM, Hong SB, Jeon YA, Koo BS, Kwon SW. Solitalea koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and the reclassification of [Flexibacter] canadensis as Solitalea canadensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1969-1975.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2649-2650.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Solitalea Weon et al. 2009. Publication: Weon HY, Kim BY, Lee CM, Hong SB, Jeon YA, Koo BS, Kwon SW. Solitalea koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and the reclassification of [Flexibacter] canadensis as Solitalea canadensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1969-1975.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Solitalea Weon et al. 2009

Assigned by: Weon HY, Kim BY, Lee CM, Hong SB, Jeon YA, Koo BS, Kwon SW. Solitalea koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and the reclassification of [Flexibacter] canadensis as Solitalea canadensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1969-1975.

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