Name: Zooshikella marina Ramaprasad et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’na. L. fem. adj. marina, of the sea, marine

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ma-RI-na, feminine

Type strain: JC 333; KCTC 42659; LMG 28823

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16S rRNA gene: LN846833 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ramaprasad EV, Bharti D, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Zooshikella marina sp. nov. a cycloprodigiosin- and prodigiosin-producing marine bacterium isolated from beach sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4669-4673. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1600-1602.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Zooshikella ganghwensis Yi et al. 2003

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Zooshikella ganghwensis Yi et al. 2003	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Zooshikella ganghwensis subsp. marina" (Ramaprasad et al. 2015) Pira et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Huang et al. (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Zooshikella ganghwensis Yi et al. 2003. Publication: Huang Z, Su P, Lai Q. Proposal of Zooshikellaceae fam. nov. to accommodate the genera Zooshikella and Spartinivicinus and reclassification of Zooshikella marina as a later heterotypic synonym of Zooshikella ganghwensis based on whole genome sequence analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5055. 🇨🇳
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5165.
  • ❗ Zooshikella marina 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 Zooshikella.
  • 😷 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: Zooshikella Yi et al. 2003

Assigned by: Ramaprasad EV, Bharti D, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Zooshikella marina sp. nov. a cycloprodigiosin- and prodigiosin-producing marine bacterium isolated from beach sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:4669-4673. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 793650