Name: Amorphus suaedae Hwang et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: su.ae’dae. N.L. gen. fem. n. suaedae, of Suaeda, isolated from Suaeda maritima, referring to the source of isolation of the type strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 23349; KACC 14912; NBRC 107845; YC6899

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KC006961 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hwang JM, Chung EJ, Park JA, Jeong JH, Jeon CO, Chung YR. Amorphus suaedae sp. nov., isolated from the root of a tidal flat plant, Suaeda maritima. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3868-3872.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:6-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Amorphus Zeevi Ben Yosef et al. 2008

Assigned by: Hwang JM, Chung EJ, Park JA, Jeong JH, Jeon CO, Chung YR. Amorphus suaedae sp. nov., isolated from the root of a tidal flat plant, Suaeda maritima. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3868-3872.

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Record number: 791197