Name: Aquamicrobium Bambauer et al. 1998

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.qua.mi.cro’bi.um. L. fem. n. aqua, water; N.L. neut. n. microbium, a microbe; N.L. neut. n. Aquamicrobium, a bacterium living in water (in wastewater) [probably better: Aquimicrobium]

Gender: neuter (stem: Aquamicrobi-)

Type species: Aquamicrobium defluvii Bambauer et al. 1998

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bambauer A, Rainey FA, Stackebrandt E, Winter J. Characterization of Aquamicrobium defluvii gen. nov. sp. nov., a thiophene-2-carboxylate-metabolizing bacterium from activated sludge. Arch Microbiol 1998; 169:293-302.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 66. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:631-632.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aerobium Li et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Defluvibacter Fritsche et al. 1999	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Lipski and Kämpfer 2012 Lipski A, Kampfer P. Aquamicrobium ahrensii sp. nov. and Aquamicrobium segne sp. nov., isolated from experimental biofilters. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2511-2516. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:6-7.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
  • Wu et al. 2014 Wu ZG, Wang F, Gu CG, Zhang YP, Yang ZZ, Wu XW, Jiang X. Aquamicrobium terrae sp. nov., isolated from the polluted soil near a chemical factory. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:1131-1137. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 21. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:7-10.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Aquamcriobium"; "Aquarnicrobium"; "Aquqmicrobium".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; CCUG: 3; CIP: 2; KCTC: 2; KACC: 1; JCM: 1; CGMCC: 1; CCTCC: 1; CICC: 1.
  • 😷 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 - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aquamicrobium aerolatum Kämpfer et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquamicrobium aestuarii Jin et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquamicrobium ahrensii Lipski and Kämpfer 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquamicrobium defluvii Bambauer et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquamicrobium lusatiense (Fritsche et al. 1999) Kämpfer et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquamicrobium segne Lipski and Kämpfer 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquamicrobium soli Xu et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquamicrobium terrae Wu et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Aquamicrobium zhengzhouense" Wang et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Phyllobacteriaceae Mergaert and Swings 2006

Assigned by: Lipski A, Kampfer P. Aquamicrobium ahrensii sp. nov. and Aquamicrobium segne sp. nov., isolated from experimental biofilters. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2511-2516.

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