Species Aeromicrobium choanae

Name: Aeromicrobium choanae Ber et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: cho.a’nae. Gr. fem. n. choanê, funnel; N.L. gen. fem. n. choanae, of the posterior nasal aperture from where the type strain was obtained

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 9H-4; CCM 8650; LMG 29165; ZIM B1021

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN887956 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ber P, Trappen SV, Vandamme P, Trcek J. Aeromicrobium choanae sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from the choana of a garden warbler. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:357-361. 🇸🇮

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1099-1101.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Aeromicrobium Miller et al. 1991

Assigned by: Ber P, Trappen SV, Vandamme P, Trcek J. Aeromicrobium choanae sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from the choana of a garden warbler. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:357-361. 🇸🇮

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