Genus Isoptericola
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 8
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Isoptericola Stackebrandt et al. 2004, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Isoptericola variabilis (Bakalidou et al. 2002) Stackebrandt et al. 2004.
Etymology: N.L. n. Isoptera, order of termites; L. masc. or fem. suff. -cola (from L. masc. or fem. n. incola), inhabitant; N.L. masc. n. Isoptericola, inhabitant of termites.
Valid publication: STACKEBRANDT (E.), SCHUMANN (P.) and CUI (X.L.): Reclassification of Cellulosimicrobium variabile Bakalidou et al. 2002 as Isoptericola variabilis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 685-688.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Isoptericola chiayiensis Tseng et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 06182M-1 = BCRC 16888 = JCM 18063 = KCTC 19740.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ469988.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. chiayiensis, of Chiayi County, from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: TSENG (M.), LIAO (H.C.), CHIANG (W.P.) and YUAN (G.F.): Isoptericola chiayiensis sp. nov., isolated from mangrove soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1667-1670.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Isoptericola cucumis Kämpfer et al. 2016, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AP-38= LMG 29223=CCM 8653.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU201961.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. gen. n. cucumis, of the cucumber.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: KÄMPFER, P., GLAESER, S. P., KLOEPPER, J. W., HU, C. H., MCINROY, J. A., MARTIN, K. and BUSSE, H. J. 2016. Isoptericola cucumis sp. nov., isolated from the root tissue of cucumber (Cucumis sativus) Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2784-2788.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Isoptericola dokdonensis Yoon et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DS-3 = CIP 108921 = JCM 15137 = KCTC 19128.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ387860.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. dokdonensis, of or belonging to Dokdo, Korea, where the organism was first isolated.
Valid publication: YOON (J.H.), SCHUMANN (P.), KANG (S.J.), JUNG (S.Y.) and OH (T.K.): Isoptericola dokdonensis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2893-2897.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Isoptericola halotolerans Zhang et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YIM 70177 = DSM 16376 = JCM 13590 = KCTC 19046.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY789835.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. halotolerans, salt-tolerating, referring to the organism's ability to tolerate high salt concentrations.
Valid publication: ZHANG (Y.Q.), SCHUMANN (P.), LI (W.J.), CHEN (G.Z.), TIAN (X.P.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), XU (L.H.) and JIANG (C.L.): Isoptericola halotolerans sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from saline soil from Qinghai Province, north-west China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1867-1870.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Isoptericola hypogeus Groth et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HKI 0342 = DSM 16849 = JCM 14325 = JCM 15589 = NCIMB 14033.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ854061.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. hypogeus, underground, referring to the site of isolation.
Valid publication: GROTH (I.), SCHUMANN (P.), SCHÜTZE (B.), GONZALEZ (J.M.), LAIZ (L.), SAIZ-JIMENEZ (C.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Isoptericola hypogeus sp. nov., isolated from the Roman catacomb of Domitilla. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1715-1719.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Isoptericola jiangsuensis Wu et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CLG = CCTCC AB208287 = DSM 21863 = JCM 17812.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU852101.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. jiangsuensis, referring to Jiangsu, East Province, PR China, from where the organism was first isolated.
Valid publication: WU (Y.), LI (W.J.), TIAN (W.), ZHANG (L.P.), XU (L.), SHEN (Q.R.) and SHEN (B.): Isoptericola jiangsuensis sp. nov., a chitin-degrading bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 904-908.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Isoptericola nanjingensis Huang et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) H17 = CCTCC AB 2011005 = DSM 24300.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ222356.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. nanjingensis, of or belonging to Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, PR China, where the organism was first isolated.
Valid publication: HUANG (Z.), SHENG (X.F.), ZHAO (F.), HE (L.Y.), HUANG (J.) and WANG (Q.): Isoptericola nanjingensis sp. nov., a mineral-weathering bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 971-976.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Isoptericola variabilis (Bakalidou et al. 2002) Stackebrandt et al. 2004, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MX5 = ATCC BAA-303 = DSM 10177 = JCM 11754.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ298873.
Basonym: ¤ Cellulosimicrobium variabile Bakalidou et al. 2002.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. variabilis, variable, as cells can be rods or cocci.
Valid publication: STACKEBRANDT (E.), SCHUMANN (P.) and CUI (X.L.): Reclassification of Cellulosimicrobium variabile Bakalidou et al. 2002 as Isoptericola variabilis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 685-688.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In the paper by Stackebrandt et al. 2004, Isoptericola variabilis is cited as Isoptericola variabilis corrig. (sic), comb. nov.