Name: Agrococcus lahaulensis Mayilraj et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la.haul.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. lahaulensis, pertaining to Lahaul Valley, located in the Indian Himalayas, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 17612; JCM 14301; K22-21; MTCC 7154

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ156908 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mayilraj S, Suresh K, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Saini HS. Agrococcus lahaulensis sp. nov., isolated from a cold desert of the Indian Himalayas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1807-1810.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.19696 (N = 52).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Agrococcus Groth et al. 1996

Assigned by: Mayilraj S, Suresh K, Schumann P, Kroppenstedt RM, Saini HS. Agrococcus lahaulensis sp. nov., isolated from a cold desert of the Indian Himalayas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1807-1810.

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Record number: 785293