Name: Zhongshania guokunii Li et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gu.o.ku’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. guokunii, of Guo Kun, named after Guo Kun, who made a significant contribution to the Chinese Antarctic expedition

Pronunciation, gender: gu-o-KU-ni-i, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 209247; DSM 25804; KACC 14532; ZS6-22

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ889678 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li HJ, Zhang XY, Chen CX, Zhang YJ, Gao ZM, Yu Y, Chen XL, Chen B, Zhang YZ. Zhongshania antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Zhongshania guokunii sp. nov., gammaproteobacteria respectively isolated from coastal attached (fast) ice and surface seawater of the Antarctic. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2052-2057.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2797-2798.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06134 (N = 5).
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Zhongshania Li et al. 2011

Assigned by: Li HJ, Zhang XY, Chen CX, Zhang YJ, Gao ZM, Yu Y, Chen XL, Chen B, Zhang YZ. Zhongshania antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Zhongshania guokunii sp. nov., gammaproteobacteria respectively isolated from coastal attached (fast) ice and surface seawater of the Antarctic. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2052-2057.

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Record number: 789459