Name: Thalassobaculum litoreum Zhang et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to’re.um. L. neut. adj. litoreum, of the shore

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CL-GR58; DSM 18839; KCCM 42674

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF203900 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang GI, Hwang CY, Cho BC. Thalassobaculum litoreum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:479-485.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1058-1059.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thalassobaculum Zhang et al. 2008. Publication: Zhang GI, Hwang CY, Cho BC. Thalassobaculum litoreum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:479-485.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Thalassobaculum Zhang et al. 2008

Assigned by: Zhang GI, Hwang CY, Cho BC. Thalassobaculum litoreum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:479-485.

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