Name: Adhaeribacter aquaticus Rickard et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. aquaticus, living, growing, or found in or by water, aquatic

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 16391; MBRG1.5; NCIMB 14008

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ626894 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rickard AH, Stead AT, O'May GA, Lindsay S, Banner M, Handley PS, Gilbert P. Adhaeribacter aquaticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-negative isolate from a potable water biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:821-829.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Adhaeribacter Rickard et al. 2005. Publication: Rickard AH, Stead AT, O'May GA, Lindsay S, Banner M, Handley PS, Gilbert P. Adhaeribacter aquaticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-negative isolate from a potable water biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:821-829.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.

Parent taxon: Adhaeribacter Rickard et al. 2005

Assigned by: Rickard AH, Stead AT, O'May GA, Lindsay S, Banner M, Handley PS, Gilbert P. Adhaeribacter aquaticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-negative isolate from a potable water biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:821-829.

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