Name: Aeromicrobium marinum Bruns et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’num. L. neut. adj. marinum, of the sea, marine

Pronunciation, gender: … ma-RI-num, neuter

Type strain: DSM 15272; JCM 13314; LMG 21768; T2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY166703 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bruns A, Philipp H, Cypionka H, Brinkhoff T. Aeromicrobium marinum sp. nov., an abundant pelagic bacterium isolated from the German Wadden Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1917-1923. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:309-311.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08510 (N = 3).
  • 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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: Bruns A, Philipp H, Cypionka H, Brinkhoff T. Aeromicrobium marinum sp. nov., an abundant pelagic bacterium isolated from the German Wadden Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1917-1923. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 772888