Name: Stenothermobacter spongiae Lau et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spon’gi.ae. L. gen. fem. n. spongiae, of a sponge, pertaining to the isolation source of the type strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: JCM 13191; NRRL B-41138; UST030701-156

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ064789 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lau SC, Tsoi MM, Li X, Plakhotnikova I, Dobretsov S, Wu M, Wong PK, Pawlik JR, Qian PY. Stenothermobacter spongiae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a marine sponge in the Bahamas, and emended description of Nonlabens tegetincola. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:181-185.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:679-680.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nonlabens spongiae (Lau et al. 2006) Yi and Chun 2012

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nonlabens spongiae (Lau et al. 2006) Yi and Chun 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Stenothermobacter Lau et al. 2006. Publication: Lau SC, Tsoi MM, Li X, Plakhotnikova I, Dobretsov S, Wu M, Wong PK, Pawlik JR, Qian PY. Stenothermobacter spongiae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a marine sponge in the Bahamas, and emended description of Nonlabens tegetincola. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:181-185.
  • 😢 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. 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.
  • ❗ Stenothermobacter spongiae 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 Stenothermobacter.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Stenothermobacter Lau et al. 2006

Assigned by: Lau SC, Tsoi MM, Li X, Plakhotnikova I, Dobretsov S, Wu M, Wong PK, Pawlik JR, Qian PY. Stenothermobacter spongiae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a marine sponge in the Bahamas, and emended description of Nonlabens tegetincola. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:181-185.

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