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Species Tenacibaculum holothuriorum

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Bacteroidota Flavobacteriia Flavobacteriales Flavobacteriaceae Tenacibaculum Tenacibaculum holothuriorum

Name: Tenacibaculum holothuriorum Wang et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ho.lo.thu.ri.o’rum. N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. holothuriorum, of holothurians, sea cucumbers [probably better: holothuriarum]; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, isolated from holothurians

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: te-na-ki-BA-ku-lum ho-lo-thu-ri-O-rum, neuter

Type strain: DSM 113369; LMG 27758; MCCC 1A09872; S2-2

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16S rRNA gene: KP313827 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Wang L, Li X, Hu D, Lai Q, Shao Z. Tenacibaculum holothuriorum sp. nov., isolated from the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus intestine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4347-4352. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1600-1602.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
    • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). 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: Tenacibaculum Suzuki et al. 2001

Assigned by: Wang L, Li X, Hu D, Lai Q, Shao Z. Tenacibaculum holothuriorum sp. nov., isolated from the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus intestine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4347-4352. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 793622

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