Name: Wenyingzhuangia aestuarii Yoon and Kasai 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: aes.tu.a’ri.i. L. gen. neut. n. aestuarii, of a tidal flat

Pronunciation, gender: a͡es-tu-A-ri-i, feminine

Type strain: KCTC 42780; MN1-138; NBRC 111505

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC052784 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yoon J, Kasai H. Wenyingzhuangia aestuarii sp. nov., A Marine Bacterium of the Family Flavobacteriaceae Isolated from an Estuary. Curr Microbiol 2016; 72:397-403.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 170. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2463-2466.

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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Wenyingzhuangia Liu et al. 2014

Assigned by: Yoon J, Kasai H. Wenyingzhuangia aestuarii sp. nov., A Marine Bacterium of the Family Flavobacteriaceae Isolated from an Estuary. Curr Microbiol 2016; 72:397-403.

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Record number: 794265