Subscribe to our newsletter
To receive updates from LPSN every few months, sign up to our mailing list.
Genus Neoaquamicrobium
Name: Neoaquamicrobium Li et al. 2025
Etymology: Ne.o.a.qua.mi.cro’bi.um. Gr. masc. adj. neos, new; N.L. neut. n. Aquamicrobium, a bacterial genus name [probably better: Aquimicrobium]; N.L. neut. n. Neoaquamicrobium, a new genus which bacteria also living in water
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Neoaquamicrobi-), ne-o-a-kwa-mi-KRO-bi-um
Type species: Neoaquamicrobium sediminum (Yuan et al. 2016) Li et al. 2025
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Li Y, Guo T, Sun L, Wang ET, Young JPW, Tian CF. Phylogenomic analyses and reclassification of the Mesorhizobium complex: proposal for 9 novel genera and reclassification of 15 species. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:419. 
🇨🇳
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
-
Notes:
-
🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Mesorhizobium Jarvis et al. 1997.
Publication:
Yuan CG, Jiang Z, Xiao M, Zhou EM, Kim CJ, Hozzein WN, Park DJ, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Mesorhizobium sediminum sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4797-4802. 🇨🇳
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KACC: 1; KCTC: 1; JCM: 1; CCTCC: 1.
-
🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Mesorhizobium Jarvis et al. 1997.
Publication:
Yuan CG, Jiang Z, Xiao M, Zhou EM, Kim CJ, Hozzein WN, Park DJ, Zhi XY, Li WJ. Mesorhizobium sediminum sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4797-4802.
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 Neoaquamicrobium microcysteis (Jung et al. 2021) Li et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name Neoaquamicrobium sediminum (Yuan et al. 2016) Li et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name
-
Parent taxon: Phyllobacteriaceae Mergaert and Swings 2006
Assigned by:
Li Y, Guo T, Sun L, Wang ET, Young JPW, Tian CF. Phylogenomic analyses and reclassification of the Mesorhizobium complex: proposal for 9 novel genera and reclassification of 15 species. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:419. 🇨🇳
Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/neoaquamicrobiumLink copied to clipboard
Record number: 57161
This LPSN page was printed on 2026-01-13 15:01:53