Name: Janibacter indicus Zhang et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.cus. L. masc. adj. indicus, Indian

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 0704P10-1; CGMCC 1.12511; DSM 29878; LMG 27493

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM222655 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang G, Ren H, Wang S, Chen X, Yang Y, Zhang Y, Jiang Y. Janibacter indicus sp. nov., isolated from hydrothermal sediment of the Indian Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2353-2357.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3333-3334.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Janibacter Martin et al. 1997

Assigned by: Zhang G, Ren H, Wang S, Chen X, Yang Y, Zhang Y, Jiang Y. Janibacter indicus sp. nov., isolated from hydrothermal sediment of the Indian Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2353-2357.

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Record number: 791965