Name: Winogradskyella thalassocola Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tha.las.so’co.la. Gr. fem. n. thalassa, the sea; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. thalassocola, a sea-dweller

Pronunciation, gender: t^ha-las-SO-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: DSM 15363; KCTC 12221; KMM 3907; LMG 22492

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY521223 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SB, Han SK, Snauwaert C, Vancanneyt M, Swings J, Kim KO, Lysenko AM, Rohde M, Frolova GM, et al. Winogradskyella thalassocola gen. nov., sp. nov., Winogradskyella epiphytica sp. nov. and Winogradskyella eximia sp. nov., marine bacteria of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:49-55.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nedashkovskaya et al. 2012 Nedashkovskaya OI, Kukhlevskiy AD, Zhukova NV. Winogradskyella ulvae sp. nov., an epiphyte of a Pacific seaweed, and emended descriptions of the genus Winogradskyella and Winogradskyella thalassocola, Winogradskyella echinorum, Winogradskyella exilis and Winogradskyella eximia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1450-1456. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2313-2314.
    Notes:
    • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 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 Winogradskyella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005. Publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SB, Han SK, Snauwaert C, Vancanneyt M, Swings J, Kim KO, Lysenko AM, Rohde M, Frolova GM, et al. Winogradskyella thalassocola gen. nov., sp. nov., Winogradskyella epiphytica sp. nov. and Winogradskyella eximia sp. nov., marine bacteria of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:49-55.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 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 12 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Winogradskyella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Assigned by: Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SB, Han SK, Snauwaert C, Vancanneyt M, Swings J, Kim KO, Lysenko AM, Rohde M, Frolova GM, et al. Winogradskyella thalassocola gen. nov., sp. nov., Winogradskyella epiphytica sp. nov. and Winogradskyella eximia sp. nov., marine bacteria of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:49-55.

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