Name: Williamsia spongiae Afonso de Menezes et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spon’gi.ae. L. gen. fem. n. spongiae, of a sponge

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … SPON-gi-a͡e, feminine

Type strain: B 138; CBMAI 1094; DSM 46676

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: JN615440 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Afonso de Menezes CB, Afonso RS, Souza WR, Parma M, Melo IS, Zucchi TD, Fantinatti-Garboggini F. Williamsia spongiae sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from the marine sponge Amphimedon viridis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1260-1265. 🇧🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Williamsia Kämpfer et al. 1999

Assigned by: Afonso de Menezes CB, Afonso RS, Souza WR, Parma M, Melo IS, Zucchi TD, Fantinatti-Garboggini F. Williamsia spongiae sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from the marine sponge Amphimedon viridis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1260-1265. 🇧🇷

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Record number: 795258