Name: Aminobacterium thunnarium Hamdi et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: thun.na’ri.um. L. neut. adj. thunnarium, of or belonging to a tunny (cooking tuna wastewater), where the isolate was first recovered

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … t^hun-NA-ri-um, neuter

Type strain: DSM 27500; JCM 19320; OTA 102

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ159211 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hamdi O, Ben Hania W, Postec A, Bouallagui H, Hamdi M, Bonin P, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Aminobacterium thunnarium sp. nov., a mesophilic, amino acid-degrading bacterium isolated from an anaerobic sludge digester, pertaining to the phylum Synergistetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:609-614. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1397-1399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Aminobacterium Baena et al. 1999

Assigned by: Hamdi O, Ben Hania W, Postec A, Bouallagui H, Hamdi M, Bonin P, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Aminobacterium thunnarium sp. nov., a mesophilic, amino acid-degrading bacterium isolated from an anaerobic sludge digester, pertaining to the phylum Synergistetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:609-614. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 792515