Name: Adhaeribacter terrae Elderiny et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of the soil

Gender: masculine

Type strain: HY02; JCM 31652; KCTC 52512

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: LC177335 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Elderiny N, Lee JJ, Lee YH, Park SJ, Lee SY, Park S, Cho YJ, Ten LN, Jung HY. Adhaeribacter terrae sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2922-2927.

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from the type species together with A. terreus and may be reclassified as a new genus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Adhaeribacter Rickard et al. 2005

Assigned by: Elderiny N, Lee JJ, Lee YH, Park SJ, Lee SY, Park S, Cho YJ, Ten LN, Jung HY. Adhaeribacter terrae sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2922-2927.

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Record number: 795665