Name: Aminobacterium mobile Baena et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo’bi.le. L. neut. adj. mobile, motile

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … MO-bi-le, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-7; DSM 12262; ILE-3

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16S rRNA gene: AF073521 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Baena S, Fardeau ML, Labat M, Ollivier B, Garcia JL, Patel BK. Aminobacterium mobile sp. nov., a new anaerobic amino-acid-degrading bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:259-264. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 The epithet mobile is a Latin neuter adjective (mobilis is e) not a Latin masculine adjective as cited in the paper by Baena et al. 2000. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Aminobacterium Baena et al. 1999

Assigned by: Baena S, Fardeau ML, Labat M, Ollivier B, Garcia JL, Patel BK. Aminobacterium mobile sp. nov., a new anaerobic amino-acid-degrading bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:259-264. 🇦🇺

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