Name: Tropicimonas aquimaris Oh et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qui’ma.ris. L. fem. n. aqua (gen. aquae), water; L. neut. n. mare (gen. maris), the sea; N.L. gen. neut. n. aquimaris, of seawater

Pronunciation, gender: a-KWI-ma-ris, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 60524; DPG-21; KCTC 23424

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16S rRNA gene: HQ340608 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Oh KH, Choi WC, Jung YT, Kang SJ, Oh TK, Yoon JH. Tropicimonas aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from seawater, and emended description of the genus Tropicimonas Harwati et al. 2009. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:688-692. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1221-1222.

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. — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Tropicimonas Harwati et al. 2009

Assigned by: Oh KH, Choi WC, Jung YT, Kang SJ, Oh TK, Yoon JH. Tropicimonas aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from seawater, and emended description of the genus Tropicimonas Harwati et al. 2009. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:688-692. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 789758