Name: Sporosarcina aquimarina Yoon et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qui.ma.ri’na. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea; N.L. fem. adj. aquimarina, pertaining to sea water

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-kwi-ma-RI-na, feminine

Type strain: DSM 14554; JCM 10887; KCCM 41039; KCTC 3840; SW28

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM245317 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Lee KC, Weiss N, Kho YH, Kang KH, Park YH. Sporosarcina aquimarina sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from seawater in Korea, and transfer of Bacillus globisporus (Larkin and Stokes 1967), Bacillus psychrophilus (Nakamura 1984) and Bacillus pasteurii (Chester 1898) to the genus Sporosarcina as Sporosarcina globispora comb. nov., Sporosarcina psychrophila comb. nov. and Sporosarcina pasteurii comb. nov., and emended description of th. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1079-1086. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1231-1233.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 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. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. The usage of the term "coherent taxon" (or equivalent) is cautioned against. 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 12 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Sporosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Lee KC, Weiss N, Kho YH, Kang KH, Park YH. Sporosarcina aquimarina sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from seawater in Korea, and transfer of Bacillus globisporus (Larkin and Stokes 1967), Bacillus psychrophilus (Nakamura 1984) and Bacillus pasteurii (Chester 1898) to the genus Sporosarcina as Sporosarcina globispora comb. nov., Sporosarcina psychrophila comb. nov. and Sporosarcina pasteurii comb. nov., and emended description of th. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1079-1086. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 781138