Name: Zunongwangia mangrovi Rameshkumar et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: man.gro’vi. N.L. gen. neut. n. mangrovi, of mangrove, the kind of tree from the rhizosphere of which the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 24499; KCTC 23496; LMG 26237; P2E16

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC907713 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rameshkumar N, Krishnan R, Lang E, Matsumura Y, Sawabe T, Sawabe T. Zunongwangia mangrovi sp. nov., isolated from mangrove (Avicennia marina) rhizosphere, and emended description of the genus Zunongwangia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:545-550.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1459-1460.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Zunongwangia corrig. Qin et al. 2007

Assigned by: Rameshkumar N, Krishnan R, Lang E, Matsumura Y, Sawabe T, Sawabe T. Zunongwangia mangrovi sp. nov., isolated from mangrove (Avicennia marina) rhizosphere, and emended description of the genus Zunongwangia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:545-550.

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Record number: 791522