Name: Lewinella antarctica Oh et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ant.arc’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. antarctica, southern and, by extension, of the Antarctic, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: IMCC 3223; KCCM 42688; NBRC 103142

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF554367 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Oh HM, Lee K, Cho JC. Lewinella antarctica sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from Antarctic seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:65-68.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:645-646.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Neolewinella antarctica (Oh et al. 2009) Huang et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Lewinella Sly et al. 1998

Assigned by: Oh HM, Lee K, Cho JC. Lewinella antarctica sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from Antarctic seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:65-68.

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