Name: Thalassospira lucentensis López-López et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu.cen.ten’sis. L. fem. adj. lucentensis, from Lucentum, the Latin name in Roman times for Alicante, a coastal town in the south-east of Spain, which is the nearest town to the site from which the isolate was retrieved

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … lu-ken-TEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: CECT 5390; DSM 14000; QMT2

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF358664 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lopez-Lopez A, Pujalte MJ, Benlloch S, Mata-Roig M, Rossello-Mora R, Garay E, Rodriguez-Valera F. Thalassospira lucentensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new marine member of the alpha-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1277-1283. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thalassospira López-López et al. 2002. Publication: Lopez-Lopez A, Pujalte MJ, Benlloch S, Mata-Roig M, Rossello-Mora R, Garay E, Rodriguez-Valera F. Thalassospira lucentensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new marine member of the alpha-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1277-1283. 🇪🇸
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Thalassospira López-López et al. 2002

Assigned by: Lopez-Lopez A, Pujalte MJ, Benlloch S, Mata-Roig M, Rossello-Mora R, Garay E, Rodriguez-Valera F. Thalassospira lucentensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new marine member of the alpha-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1277-1283. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 782452