Species Spongiibacterium pacificum

Name: Spongiibacterium pacificum Gao et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ci’fi.cum. L. neut. adj. pacificum, peaceful, pertaining to the Pacific Ocean

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: spon-gi-i-bak-TE-ri-um pa-KI-fi-kum, neuter

Type strain: DSM 24885; DSM 25885; JCM 18379; KCTC 52762; LMG 26997; SW169

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX501249 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gao X, Zhang Z, Dai X, Zhang XH. Spongiibacterium pacificum sp. nov., isolated from seawater of South Pacific Gyre and emended description of the genus Spongiibacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:154-158. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1112-1113.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Flagellimonas pacifica (Gao et al. 2015) Choi et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Allomuricauda parva (Liang et al. 2021) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Flagellimonas pacifica (Gao et al. 2015) Choi et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Muricauda parva Liang et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • ❗ Spongiibacterium pacificum 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 Spongiibacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 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: Spongiibacterium Yoon and Oh 2012

Assigned by: Gao X, Zhang Z, Dai X, Zhang XH. Spongiibacterium pacificum sp. nov., isolated from seawater of South Pacific Gyre and emended description of the genus Spongiibacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:154-158. 🇨🇳

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