Name: Thalassomonas loyana Thompson et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lo.ya’na. N.L. fem. adj. loyana, pertaining to Loya, named in honour of the Israeli biologist Y. Loya

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: t^ha-las-SO-mo-nas lo-YA-na, feminine

Type strain: CBMAI 722; LMG 22536

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY643537 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Thompson FL, Barash Y, Sawabe T, Sharon G, Swings J, Rosenberg E. Thalassomonas loyana sp. nov., a causative agent of the white plague-like disease of corals on the Eilat coral reef. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:365-368. 🇧🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:929-930.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thalassotalea loyana (Thompson et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thalassotalea loyana (Thompson et al. 2006) 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. 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 loyana 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n". — 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 6 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Thalassomonas Macián et al. 2001

Assigned by: Thompson FL, Barash Y, Sawabe T, Sharon G, Swings J, Rosenberg E. Thalassomonas loyana sp. nov., a causative agent of the white plague-like disease of corals on the Eilat coral reef. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:365-368. 🇧🇷

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