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 strains: DSM 16391; MBRG1.5; NCIMB 14008

See detailed strain information at

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

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 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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