Name: "Youngimonas litoralis" (Iwaki et al. 2013) Liu et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Lutimaribacter litoralis Iwaki et al. 2013

Etymology: li.to.ra’lis. L. fem. adj. litoralis, of or belonging to the seashore, referring to the supralitoral habitat from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: youn-GI-mo-nas li-to-RA-lis, feminine

Nomenclatural type: DSM 29506; JCM 17792; KCTC 23660; KU5D5

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16S rRNA gene: AB627076 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Liu Z, Zhang M, Lai Q, Xu S, Xu Y. Youngimonas ophiurae sp. nov., a Quorum-Quenching Marine Bacterium Isolated from a Brittle Star in the South China Sea, and Reclassification of Lutimaribacter litoralis as Youngimonas litoralis comb. nov. Microorganisms 2025; 13:0. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Lutimaribacter litoralis Iwaki et al. 2013

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lutimaribacter litoralis Iwaki et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thalassovita litoralis (Iwaki et al. 2013) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Thalassobius litoralis (Iwaki et al. 2013) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: KCTC 23600.

Parent taxon: Youngimonas Hameed et al. 2014

Assigned by: Liu Z, Zhang M, Lai Q, Xu S, Xu Y. Youngimonas ophiurae sp. nov., a Quorum-Quenching Marine Bacterium Isolated from a Brittle Star in the South China Sea, and Reclassification of Lutimaribacter litoralis as Youngimonas litoralis comb. nov. Microorganisms 2025; 13:0. 🇨🇳

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