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Name: Stenotrophomonas bentonitica Sánchez-Castro et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ben.to.ni’ti.ca. N.L. fem. adj. bentonitica, referring to bentonite, the type of clay from which this bacterium was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ste-no-tro-PHO-mo-nas ben-to-NI-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: BII-R7; CECT 9180; DSM 103927; LMG 29893

16S rRNA gene: HG800055 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Sanchez-Castro I, Ruiz-Fresneda MA, Bakkali M, Kampfer P, Glaeser SP, Busse HJ, Lopez-Fernandez M, Martinez-Rodriguez P, Merroun ML. Stenotrophomonas bentonitica sp. nov., isolated from bentonite formations. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2779-2786. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 14 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 genus.

Parent taxon: Stenotrophomonas Palleroni and Bradbury 1993

Assigned by: Sanchez-Castro I, Ruiz-Fresneda MA, Bakkali M, Kampfer P, Glaeser SP, Busse HJ, Lopez-Fernandez M, Martinez-Rodriguez P, Merroun ML. Stenotrophomonas bentonitica sp. nov., isolated from bentonite formations. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2779-2786. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 795717