Name: Verrucosispora maris Goodfellow et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma’ris. L. gen. neut. n. maris, of the sea, denoting the source of the isolate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wer-ru-ko-SI-spo-ra MA-ris, feminine

Type strain: AB-18-032; DSM 45365; JCM 31040; NRRL B-24793

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY528866 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Goodfellow M, Stach JE, Brown R, Bonda AN, Jones AL, Mexson J, Fiedler HP, Zucchi TD, Bull AT. Verrucosispora maris sp. nov., a novel deep-sea actinomycete isolated from a marine sediment which produces abyssomicins. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2012; 101:185-193. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 144. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:473-475.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Micromonospora maris (Goodfellow et al. 2012) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Micromonospora maris (Goodfellow et al. 2012) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Verrucosispora maris is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Verrucosispora.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 7 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Verrucosispora Rheims et al. 1998

Assigned by: Goodfellow M, Stach JE, Brown R, Bonda AN, Jones AL, Mexson J, Fiedler HP, Zucchi TD, Bull AT. Verrucosispora maris sp. nov., a novel deep-sea actinomycete isolated from a marine sediment which produces abyssomicins. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2012; 101:185-193. 🇬🇧

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