Name: Ardenticatena maritima Kawaichi et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’ti.ma. L. fem. adj. maritima, of or belonging to the sea, maritime

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 110S; ATCC BAA-2145; DSM 23922; JCM 17282; KCTC 23289; NBRC 107679

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB576167 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kawaichi S, Ito N, Kamikawa R, Sugawara T, Yoshida T, Sako Y. Ardenticatena maritima gen. nov., sp. nov., a ferric iron- and nitrate-reducing bacterium of the phylum 'Chloroflexi' isolated from an iron-rich coastal hydrothermal field, and description of Ardenticatenia classis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2992-3002.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3935-3936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ardenticatena Kawaichi et al. 2013. Publication: Kawaichi S, Ito N, Kamikawa R, Sugawara T, Yoshida T, Sako Y. Ardenticatena maritima gen. nov., sp. nov., a ferric iron- and nitrate-reducing bacterium of the phylum 'Chloroflexi' isolated from an iron-rich coastal hydrothermal field, and description of Ardenticatenia classis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2992-3002.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Ardenticatena Kawaichi et al. 2013

Assigned by: Kawaichi S, Ito N, Kamikawa R, Sugawara T, Yoshida T, Sako Y. Ardenticatena maritima gen. nov., sp. nov., a ferric iron- and nitrate-reducing bacterium of the phylum 'Chloroflexi' isolated from an iron-rich coastal hydrothermal field, and description of Ardenticatenia classis nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2992-3002.

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