Species Alcaligenes nematophilus

Name: Alcaligenes nematophilus Machado et al. 2023

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ne.ma.to’phi.lus. N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving or having affinity for; N.L. masc. adj. nematophilus, nematode-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: al-ka-LI-ge-nes ne-ma-TO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: A-TC2; CCM 9230; CCOS 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OP804216 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Machado RAR, Loulou A, Bhat AH, Mastore M, Terrettaz C, et al. Acinetobacter nematophilus sp. nov., Alcaligenes nematophilus sp. nov., Enterobacter nematophilus sp. nov., and Kaistia nematophila sp. nov., isolated from soil-borne nematodes and proposal for the elevation of Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. faecalis, Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. parafaecalis, and Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. phenolicus to the species level. Taxonomy 2023; 3:148-168. 🇨🇭

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 212. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Alcaligenes Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Machado RAR, Loulou A, Bhat AH, Mastore M, Terrettaz C, et al. Acinetobacter nematophilus sp. nov., Alcaligenes nematophilus sp. nov., Enterobacter nematophilus sp. nov., and Kaistia nematophila sp. nov., isolated from soil-borne nematodes and proposal for the elevation of Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. faecalis, Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. parafaecalis, and Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. phenolicus to the species level. Taxonomy 2023; 3:148-168. 🇨🇭

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Record number: 37110