Subscribe to our newsletter
To receive updates from LPSN every few months, sign up to our mailing list.
Genus Herbinix
Name: Herbinix Koeck et al. 2015
Etymology: Her’bi.nix. L. fem. n. herba, plant; L. fem. n. nix, snow; N.L. fem. n. Herbinix, snow-white of plants, pertaining to incomplete degradation of plant cellulose fibres to white powder resembling a snow-like appearance
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Herbiniv-), HER-bi-nix
Type species: Herbinix hemicellulosilytica Koeck et al. 2015
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Koeck DE, Ludwig W, Wanner G, Zverlov VV, Liebl W, Schwarz WH. Herbinix hemicellulosilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic cellulose-degrading bacterium isolated from a thermophilic biogas reactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2365-2371. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3768-3770.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
-
Notes:
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Koeck et al. (2016). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; CECT: 2.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
-
Child taxa:
-
Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Herbinix hemicellulosilytica Koeck et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Herbinix luporum Koeck et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name
-
Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010
Assigned by:
Koeck DE, Ludwig W, Wanner G, Zverlov VV, Liebl W, Schwarz WH. Herbinix hemicellulosilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic cellulose-degrading bacterium isolated from a thermophilic biogas reactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2365-2371.
Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/herbinixLink copied to clipboard
Record number: 518769
This LPSN page was printed on 2025-11-14 11:28:59