Name: Ampullimonas aquatilis França et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.lis. L. fem. adj. aquatilis, belonging to water, referring to bottled mineral water

Pronunciation, gender: a-KWA-ti-lis, feminine

Type strain: B15.09-116; CECT 8581; LMG 28208

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16S rRNA gene: JX458401 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Franca L, Albuquerque L, Sanchez C, Fareleira P, da Costa MS. Ampullimonas aquatilis gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from bottled mineral water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1459-1465.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2126-2128.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ampullimonas França et al. 2016. Publication: Franca L, Albuquerque L, Sanchez C, Fareleira P, da Costa MS. Ampullimonas aquatilis gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from bottled mineral water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1459-1465.
  • 😷 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: Ampullimonas França et al. 2016

Assigned by: Franca L, Albuquerque L, Sanchez C, Fareleira P, da Costa MS. Ampullimonas aquatilis gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from bottled mineral water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1459-1465.

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Record number: 793998