Species Vallitalea maricola

Name: Vallitalea maricola Hirano et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’co.la. L. neut. n. mare, sea; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller, inhabitant; N.L. masc./fem. n. maricola, inhabitant of the sea

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wal-li-TA-le-a ma-RI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: AN17-2; DSM 116092; NBRC 115487

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC778966 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hirano S, Maeda A, Terahara T, Mori K, Hamada M, Miura T, Matsumoto R, Kobayashi T. Vallitalea sediminicola sp. nov. and Vallitalea maricola sp. nov., anaerobic bacteria isolated from deep-marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6721. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6792.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.30650 (N = 1).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-04-16.

Parent taxon: Vallitalea Lakhal et al. 2013

Assigned by: Hirano S, Maeda A, Terahara T, Mori K, Hamada M, Miura T, Matsumoto R, Kobayashi T. Vallitalea sediminicola sp. nov. and Vallitalea maricola sp. nov., anaerobic bacteria isolated from deep-marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6721. 🇯🇵

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