Name: Zunongwangia atlantica Shao et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: at.lan’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. atlantica, referring to the Atlantic Ocean, where the strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 22II14-10F7; CGMCC 1.12470; LMG 27421; MCCC 1A06481

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ844757 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shao R, Lai Q, Liu X, Sun F, Du Y, Li G, Shao Z. Zunongwangia atlantica sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:16-20.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1075-1076.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Zunongwangia corrig. Qin et al. 2007

Assigned by: Shao R, Lai Q, Liu X, Sun F, Du Y, Li G, Shao Z. Zunongwangia atlantica sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:16-20.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/zunongwangia-atlanticaCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 791455