Name: Zhangella mobilis Xu et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo’bi.lis. L. fem. adj. mobilis, motile, pertaining to the motility of the type strain

Pronunciation, gender: MO-bi-lis, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.7002; E6; JCM 15144

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU255260 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xu HY, Chen LP, Fu SZ, Fan HX, Zhou YG, Liu SJ, Liu ZP. Zhangella mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Hyphomicrobiaceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2297-2301.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2921-2922.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Maritalea mobilis (Xu et al. 2009) Fukui et al. 2012

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Maritalea mobilis (Xu et al. 2009) Fukui et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Zhangella Xu et al. 2009. Publication: Xu HY, Chen LP, Fu SZ, Fan HX, Zhou YG, Liu SJ, Liu ZP. Zhangella mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Hyphomicrobiaceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2297-2301.
  • ❗ Zhangella mobilis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Zhangella.
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Zhangella Xu et al. 2009

Assigned by: Xu HY, Chen LP, Fu SZ, Fan HX, Zhou YG, Liu SJ, Liu ZP. Zhangella mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Hyphomicrobiaceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2297-2301.

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