Name: Thalassobacillus hwangdonensis Lee et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hwang.do.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. hwangdonensis, pertaining to Hwangdo, the Korean island from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: hwan͡g-do-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: AD-1; CCUG 56607; DSM 27650; KCTC 13254

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU817571 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee SY, Oh TK, Yoon JH. Thalassobacillus hwangdonensis sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2108-2112.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2695-2696.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07338 (N = 71).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 2 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 the species itself.

Parent taxon: Thalassobacillus García et al. 2005

Assigned by: Lee SY, Oh TK, Yoon JH. Thalassobacillus hwangdonensis sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2108-2112.

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Record number: 788735