Name: Thalassospira marina Dong et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’na. L. fem. adj. marina, of the sea, marine

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CSC3H3; KCTC 62333; MCCC 1A11786

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16S rRNA gene: MG458350 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dong C, Liu R, Lai Q, Liu Y, Shao Z. Thalassospira marina sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2943-2948.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). 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: Thalassospira López-López et al. 2002

Assigned by: Dong C, Liu R, Lai Q, Liu Y, Shao Z. Thalassospira marina sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2943-2948.

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Record number: 797920