Name: Thalassomonas agariperforans Park et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ga.ri.per’fo.rans. Malayan n. agar, agar; N.L. neut. n. agarum, agar (algal polysaccharide); L. pres. part. perforans, perforating, making holes; N.L. fem. part. adj. agariperforans, making holes in agar

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^ha-las-SO-mo-nas a-ga-ri-PER-fo-rans, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 60020; KCTC 23343; M-M1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM237288 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park S, Choi WC, Oh TK, Yoon JH. Thalassomonas agariperforans sp. nov., an agarolytic bacterium isolated from marine sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2573-2576. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:261-262.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thalassotalea agariperforans (Park et al. 2011) Zhang et al. 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thalassotalea agariperforans (Park et al. 2011) Zhang et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • ❗ Thalassomonas agariperforans 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 Thalassomonas.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Thalassomonas Macián et al. 2001

Assigned by: Park S, Choi WC, Oh TK, Yoon JH. Thalassomonas agariperforans sp. nov., an agarolytic bacterium isolated from marine sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2573-2576. 🇰🇷

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