Name: Thalassospira xianhensis Zhao et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xianh.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. xianhensis, of or pertaining to Xianhe of Shangdong Province, China, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6849; JCM 14850; P-4

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: EU017546 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhao B, Wang H, Li R, Mao X. Thalassospira xianhensis sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading marine bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1125-1129.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1715-1716.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Zhao et al. 2010, the etymology does not mention that the epithet xianhensis is a neo-Latin adjective. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Thalassospira López-López et al. 2002

Assigned by: Zhao B, Wang H, Li R, Mao X. Thalassospira xianhensis sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading marine bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1125-1129.

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