Name: Thalassobius litoralis (Iwaki et al. 2013) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lutimaribacter litoralis Iwaki et al. 2013

Etymology: li.to.ra’lis. L. masc./fem. adj. litoralis, of or belonging to the seashore, referring to the supralitoral habitat from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 29506; JCM 17792; KCTC 23660; KU5D5

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB627076 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Lutimaribacter litoralis Iwaki et al. 2013

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thalassovita litoralis (Iwaki et al. 2013) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Lutimaribacter litoralis Iwaki et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Thalassobius Arahal et al. 2005

Assigned by: 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.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/thalassobius-litoralisCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 11128