Name: Actibacterium mucosum Lucena et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mu.co’sum. L. neut. adj. mucosum, slimy, mucous, a property of the colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ak-ti-bak-TE-ri-um mu-KO-sum, neuter

Type strain: CECT 7; CECT 7668; DSM 28448; KCTC 23349; R46

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HE590855 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lucena T, Ruvira MA, Garay E, Macian MC, Arahal DR, Pujalte MJ. Actibacterium mucosum gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium from Mediterranean seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2858-2864. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:799-800.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Park et al. 2014 Park S, Park JM, Kang CH, Yoon JH. Confluentimicrobium lipolyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel lipolytic alphaproteobacterium isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater spring, and emended description of Actibacterium mucosum Lucena et al. 2012. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:969-977. 🇰🇷 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 21. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:7-10.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Actibacterium Lucena et al. 2012. Publication: Lucena T, Ruvira MA, Garay E, Macian MC, Arahal DR, Pujalte MJ. Actibacterium mucosum gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium from Mediterranean seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2858-2864. 🇪🇸
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Actibacterium Lucena et al. 2012

Assigned by: Lucena T, Ruvira MA, Garay E, Macian MC, Arahal DR, Pujalte MJ. Actibacterium mucosum gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium from Mediterranean seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2858-2864. 🇪🇸

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