Name: Wenyingzhuangia heitensis Yoon and Kasai 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hei.ten’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. heitensis, pertaining to Heita Bay, Japan

Gender: feminine

Type strain: H-MN17; KCTC 42245; NBRC 110601

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB924513 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yoon J, Kasai H. Wenyingzhuangia heitensis sp. nov., a new species of the family Flavobacteriaceae within the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from seawater. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:655-661.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2017-2025.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Wenyingzhuangia Liu et al. 2014

Assigned by: Yoon J, Kasai H. Wenyingzhuangia heitensis sp. nov., a new species of the family Flavobacteriaceae within the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from seawater. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:655-661.

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Record number: 793002