Name: Zhengella mangrovi Liao et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: man.gro’vi. N.L. gen. neut. n. mangrovi, of or belonging to a mangrove wetland

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … man-GRO-wi, feminine

Type strain: JCM 32107; MCCC 1K03307; X9-2-2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF034047 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liao H, Li Y, Lin X, Lai Q, Tian Y. Zhengella mangrovi gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of family Phyllobacteriaceae isolated from mangrove sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2819-2825. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3685-3687.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Zhengella Liao et al. 2018. Publication: Liao H, Li Y, Lin X, Lai Q, Tian Y. Zhengella mangrovi gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of family Phyllobacteriaceae isolated from mangrove sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2819-2825. 🇨🇳
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Zhengella Liao et al. 2018

Assigned by: Liao H, Li Y, Lin X, Lai Q, Tian Y. Zhengella mangrovi gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of family Phyllobacteriaceae isolated from mangrove sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2819-2825. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 797832