Name: Kriegella aquimaris Nedashkovskaya et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qui.ma’ris. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. gen. neut. n. maris, of the sea; N.L. gen. neut. n. aquimaris, of seawater

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 19886; KCTC 22188; KMM 3665

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB084262 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Suzuki M, Kim SB, Mikhailov VV. Kriegella aquimaris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2624-2628.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:205-206.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Kriegella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2008. Publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Suzuki M, Kim SB, Mikhailov VV. Kriegella aquimaris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2624-2628.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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: Kriegella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2008

Assigned by: Nedashkovskaya OI, Suzuki M, Kim SB, Mikhailov VV. Kriegella aquimaris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2624-2628.

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Record number: 787618