Name: Aquabacterium commune Kalmbach et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: com’mu.ne. L. neut. adj. commune, common, referring to the predominance of the species in drinking water biofilms of the Berlin distribution system

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-209; B 8; CCUG 48318; CIP 106984; DSM 11901

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF035054 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kalmbach S, Manz W, Wecke J, Szewzyk U. Aquabacterium gen. nov., with description of Aquabacterium citratiphilum sp. nov., Aquabacterium parvum sp. nov. and Aquabacterium commune sp. nov., three in situ dominant bacterial species from the Berlin drinking water system. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:769-777.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Aquabacterium Kalmbach et al. 1999. Publication: Kalmbach S, Manz W, Wecke J, Szewzyk U. Aquabacterium gen. nov., with description of Aquabacterium citratiphilum sp. nov., Aquabacterium parvum sp. nov. and Aquabacterium commune sp. nov., three in situ dominant bacterial species from the Berlin drinking water system. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:769-777.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 17 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Aquabacterium Kalmbach et al. 1999

Assigned by: Kalmbach S, Manz W, Wecke J, Szewzyk U. Aquabacterium gen. nov., with description of Aquabacterium citratiphilum sp. nov., Aquabacterium parvum sp. nov. and Aquabacterium commune sp. nov., three in situ dominant bacterial species from the Berlin drinking water system. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:769-777.

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