Name: Thalassospira xiamenensis Liu et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xi.a.me.nen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. xiamenensis, pertaining to Xiamen, the city where the organism was first isolated [probably better: xiamensis]

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.3998; DSM 17429; M-5

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN905373 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu C, Wu Y, Li L, Ma Y, Shao Z. Thalassospira xiamenensis sp. nov. and Thalassospira profundimaris sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:316-320.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:898-899.

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 risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thalassospira López-López et al. 2002

Assigned by: Liu C, Wu Y, Li L, Ma Y, Shao Z. Thalassospira xiamenensis sp. nov. and Thalassospira profundimaris sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:316-320.

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