Name: Zobellia russellii Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rus.sell’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. russellii, of Russell, named after H.L. Russell, the American scientists, for his contribution to the development of marine microbiology

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 47084; KMM 3677; LMG 22071

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB121976 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Suzuki M, Vancanneyt M, Cleenwerck I, Lysenko AM, Mikhailov VV, Swings J. Zobellia amurskyensis sp. nov., Zobellia laminariae sp. nov. and Zobellia russellii sp. nov., novel marine bacteria of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1643-1648.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nedashkovskaya et al. 2021 Nedashkovskaya O, Otstavnykh N, Zhukova N, Guzev K, Chausova V, et al. Zobellia barbeyronii sp. nov., a new member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from seaweed, and emended description of the species Z. amurskyensis, Z. laminariae, Z. russellii and Z. uliginosa. Diversity 2021; 13:520. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 36. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5413.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Zobellia Barbeyron et al. 2001

Assigned by: Nedashkovskaya OI, Suzuki M, Vancanneyt M, Cleenwerck I, Lysenko AM, Mikhailov VV, Swings J. Zobellia amurskyensis sp. nov., Zobellia laminariae sp. nov. and Zobellia russellii sp. nov., novel marine bacteria of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1643-1648.

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Record number: 785234