Species Vitellibacter soesokkakensis

Name: Vitellibacter soesokkakensis Park et al. 2014

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: soe.sok.ka.ken’sis. N.L. masc. adj. soesokkakensis, pertaining to Soesokkak, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wi-tel-li-BAK-ter so͡e-sok-ka-KEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CECT 8398; KCTC 32536; RSSK-12

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF437680 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park S, Lee KC, Bae KS, Yoon JH. Vitellibacter soesokkakensis sp. nov., isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater spring and emended description of the genus Vitellibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:588-593. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1459-1460.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aequorivita soesokkakensis (Park et al. 2014) Hahnke et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aequorivita soesokkakensis (Park et al. 2014) Hahnke et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Vitellibacter soesokkakensis 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 Vitellibacter.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hahnke et al. (2016). Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Vitellibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003

Assigned by: Park S, Lee KC, Bae KS, Yoon JH. Vitellibacter soesokkakensis sp. nov., isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater spring and emended description of the genus Vitellibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:588-593. 🇰🇷

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