Name: Wenxinia marina Ying et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’na. L. fem. adj. marina, of or belonging to the sea

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6105; DSM 24838; HY34; JCM 14017

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ640643 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ying JY, Wang BJ, Dai X, Yang SS, Liu SJ, Liu ZP. Wenxinia marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from oilfield sediments of the South China Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1711-1716.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2451-2452.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Wenxinia Ying et al. 2007. Publication: Ying JY, Wang BJ, Dai X, Yang SS, Liu SJ, Liu ZP. Wenxinia marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from oilfield sediments of the South China Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1711-1716.
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Riedel T, Fiebig A, Han J, Huntemann M, Spring S, Petersen J, Ivanova NN, Markowitz V, Woyke T, Goker M, et al. Genome sequence of the Wenxinia marina type strain (DSM 24838^T), a representative of the Roseobacter group isolated from oilfield sediments. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:855-865.

Parent taxon: Wenxinia Ying et al. 2007

Assigned by: Ying JY, Wang BJ, Dai X, Yang SS, Liu SJ, Liu ZP. Wenxinia marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from oilfield sediments of the South China Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1711-1716.

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