Name: Thalassobacter arenae Kim et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.re’nae. L. gen. fem. n. arenae, of sand

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 19593; GA2-M15; KACC 12675

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU342372 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim BY, Weon HY, Son JA, Lee CM, Hong SB, Jeon YA, Koo BS, Kwon SW. Thalassobacter arenae sp. nov., isolated from sea sand in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:487-490.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1259-1261.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Litoreibacter arenae (Kim et al. 2009) Kim et al. 2012

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Litoreibacter arenae (Kim et al. 2009) Kim et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Thalassobacter arenae 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 Thalassobacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thalassobacter Macián et al. 2005

Assigned by: Kim BY, Weon HY, Son JA, Lee CM, Hong SB, Jeon YA, Koo BS, Kwon SW. Thalassobacter arenae sp. nov., isolated from sea sand in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:487-490.

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Record number: 787756