Name: Zunongwangia profunda corrig. Qin et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pro.fun’da. L. fem. adj. profunda, deep, profound, referring to the environment where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 206139; DSM 18752; SM-A87

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ855467 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Qin QL, Zhao DL, Wang J, Chen XL, Dang HY, Li TG, Zhang YZ, Gao PJ. Wangia profunda gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from southern Okinawa Trough deep-sea sediment. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2007; 271:53-58.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 116. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1371-1373.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Wangia profunda Qin et al. 2007	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Zunongwangia corrig. Qin et al. 2007. Publication: Qin QL, Zhao DL, Wang J, Chen XL, Dang HY, Li TG, Zhang YZ, Gao PJ. Wangia profunda gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from southern Okinawa Trough deep-sea sediment. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2007; 271:53-58.
  • 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.
  • The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hahnke et al. (2016). Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.
  • Replacement of the illegitimate original name Wangia profunda (sic), which is illegitimate because of precedence of the zoological genera Wangia Hong 2002 (Dolichopodidae), and Wangia Zhang Miman, Zhou Jiajian and Qin Derong 1985 (Serranidae). Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 116. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1371-1373.

Parent taxon: Zunongwangia corrig. Qin et al. 2007

Assigned by: Qin QL, Zhao DL, Wang J, Chen XL, Dang HY, Li TG, Zhang YZ, Gao PJ. Wangia profunda gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from southern Okinawa Trough deep-sea sediment. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2007; 271:53-58.

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