Name: Agrococcus carbonis Dhanjal et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: car.bo’nis. L. gen. masc. n. carbonis, of coal, of charcoal

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 22965; G4; MTCC 10213

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ504748 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dhanjal S, Kaur I, Korpole S, Schumann P, Cameotra SS, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Mayilraj S. Agrococcus carbonis sp. nov., isolated from soil of a coal mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1253-1258.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2027-2028.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.18722 (N = 50).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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: Agrococcus Groth et al. 1996

Assigned by: Dhanjal S, Kaur I, Korpole S, Schumann P, Cameotra SS, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Mayilraj S. Agrococcus carbonis sp. nov., isolated from soil of a coal mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1253-1258.

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Record number: 789259