Name: Epilithonimonas vandammei Nicholson et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: van.dam’me.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. vandammei, named in honor of Peter Vandamme in recognition of his many contributions to the study of the genus Chryseobacterium and related genera

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 73498; CIP 111693; F5649

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16S rRNA gene: CP034161 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nicholson AC, Gulvik CA, Whitney AM, Humrighouse BW, Bell ME, Holmes B, Steigerwalt AG, Villarma A, Sheth M, Batra D, et al. Division of the genus Chryseobacterium: Observation of discontinuities in amino acid identity values, a possible consequence of major extinction events, guides transfer of nine species to the genus Epilithonimonas, eleven species to the genus Kaistella, and three species to the genus Halpernia gen. nov., with description of Kaistella daneshvariae sp. nov. and Epilithonimonas vandammei sp. nov. derived from clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4432-4450.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species

• Notes:
  • ❗ Epilithonimonas vandammei is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Epilithonimonas.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Epilithonimonas O'Sullivan et al. 2006

Assigned by: Nicholson AC, Gulvik CA, Whitney AM, Humrighouse BW, Bell ME, Holmes B, Steigerwalt AG, Villarma A, Sheth M, Batra D, et al. Division of the genus Chryseobacterium: Observation of discontinuities in amino acid identity values, a possible consequence of major extinction events, guides transfer of nine species to the genus Epilithonimonas, eleven species to the genus Kaistella, and three species to the genus Halpernia gen. nov., with description of Kaistella daneshvariae sp. nov. and Epilithonimonas vandammei sp. nov. derived from clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4432-4450.

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Record number: 9375