Name: Comamonas aquatica (Hylemon et al. 1973) Wauters et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Aquaspirillum aquaticum Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: a.qua’ti.ca. L. fem. adj. aquatica, living, growing, or found in or by the water, aquatic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ko-MA-mo-nas a-KWA-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 11330; CCUG 15845; CCUG 17395; DSM 9155; LMG 2370

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB680704 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wauters G, De Baere T, Willems A, Falsen E, Vaneechoutte M. Description of Comamonas aquatica comb. nov. and Comamonas kerstersii sp. nov. for two subgroups of Comamonas terrigena and emended description of Comamonas terrigena. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:859-862. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aquaspirillum aquaticum Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 29 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
  • 🧍 Comamonas aquatica (Hylemon et al. 1973) Wauters et al. 2003 was previously known as Comamonas terrigena DNA group 2, which contains former Aquaspirillum aquaticum Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980). See Comamonas terrigena (ex Hugh 1962) De Vos et al. 1985 emend. Wauters et al. 2003. Publication: Hylemon PB, Wells Jr. JS, Krieg NR, Jannasch HW. The genus Spirillum: A taxonomic study. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1973; 23:340-380.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Comamonas aquatica subsp. aquatica" (Hylemon et al. 1973) Zhao et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    "Comamonas aquatica subsp. rana" Zhao et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Comamonas (ex Davis and Park 1962) De Vos et al. 1985

Assigned by: Wauters G, De Baere T, Willems A, Falsen E, Vaneechoutte M. Description of Comamonas aquatica comb. nov. and Comamonas kerstersii sp. nov. for two subgroups of Comamonas terrigena and emended description of Comamonas terrigena. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:859-862. 🇧🇪

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