Name: Tenacibaculum maritimum (Wakabayashi et al. 1986) Suzuki et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Flexibacter maritimus Wakabayashi et al. 1986

Etymology: ma.ri’ti.mum L. neut. adj. maritimum, of the sea, maritime

Gender: neuter

Type strains: ATCC 43398; CCUG 35198; CIP 103528; DSM 17995; IFO 15946; JCM 21157; LMG 11612; NBRC 15946; NCIMB 2154; strain R2

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16S rRNA gene: AB681004 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Suzuki M, Nakagawa Y, Harayama S, Yamamoto S. Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic study of marine Cytophaga-like bacteria: proposal for Tenacibaculum gen. nov. with Tenacibaculum maritimum comb. nov. and Tenacibaculum ovolyticum comb. nov., and description of Tenacibaculum mesophilum sp. nov. and Tenacibaculum amylolyticum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1639-1652.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Flexibacter maritimus Wakabayashi et al. 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published
    Cytophaga marina (ex Hikida et al. 1979) Reichenbach 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Tenacibaculum Suzuki et al. 2001. Publication: Suzuki M, Nakagawa Y, Harayama S, Yamamoto S. Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic study of marine Cytophaga-like bacteria: proposal for Tenacibaculum gen. nov. with Tenacibaculum maritimum comb. nov. and Tenacibaculum ovolyticum comb. nov., and description of Tenacibaculum mesophilum sp. nov. and Tenacibaculum amylolyticum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1639-1652.
  • 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.
  • According to Rules 27(3) and 30, this name is not validly published because the effective publication only documents deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Tenacibaculum maritimum (Wakabayashi et al. 1986) Suzuki et al. 2001 is to be considered to be validly published. Publication: Anonymous. Judicial Opinion No. 81. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1755-1763.
  • In the paper by Suzuki et al. 2001 the type strain NCIMB 2154 is incorrectly cited as NCIMB 2514. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t2".

Parent taxon: Tenacibaculum Suzuki et al. 2001

Assigned by: Suzuki M, Nakagawa Y, Harayama S, Yamamoto S. Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic study of marine Cytophaga-like bacteria: proposal for Tenacibaculum gen. nov. with Tenacibaculum maritimum comb. nov. and Tenacibaculum ovolyticum comb. nov., and description of Tenacibaculum mesophilum sp. nov. and Tenacibaculum amylolyticum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1639-1652.

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