Species Acinetobacter plantarum

Name: Acinetobacter plantarum Du et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: plan.ta’rum. L. fem. n. planta, a sprout; L. gen. fem. pl. n. plantarum, of plants

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ki-ne-to-BAK-ter plan-TA-rum, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2015123; KCTC 42611; THG SQM11

16S rRNA gene: KM598254 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Du J, Singh H, Yu H, Jin FX, Yi TH. Acinetobacter plantarum sp. nov. isolated from wheat seedlings plant. Arch Microbiol 2016; 198:393-398. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Acinetobacter junii Bouvet and Grimont 1986

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Acinetobacter grimontii Carr et al. 2003	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Acinetobacter junii Bouvet and Grimont 1986	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Nemec (2022), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Acinetobacter junii Bouvet and Grimont 1986. Publication: Nemec A. Acinetobacter. In: Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, Wiley, Unknown City, 2022, p. 1-78. 🇨🇿
- ❗ Acinetobacter plantarum 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 Acinetobacter.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-12-16.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Acinetobacter Brisou and Prévot 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Du J, Singh H, Yu H, Jin FX, Yi TH. Acinetobacter plantarum sp. nov. isolated from wheat seedlings plant. Arch Microbiol 2016; 198:393-398. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 69416

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Species Acinetobacter plantarum