Name: Aquabacterium fontiphilum Lin et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fon.ti.phi’lum. L. masc. n. fons (gen. fontis), a spring, fountain; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, loving; from Gr. neut. adj. philon, friend; N.L. neut. adj. fontiphilum, loving spring-water environment

Gender: neuter

Type strain: BCRC 17729; CS-6; DSM 22961; LMG 24215

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF626687 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lin MC, Jiang SR, Chou JH, Arun AB, Young CC, Chen WM. Aquabacterium fontiphilum sp. nov., isolated from spring water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:681-685.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1557-1558.

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. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08766 (N = 24).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Aquabacterium Kalmbach et al. 1999

Assigned by: Lin MC, Jiang SR, Chou JH, Arun AB, Young CC, Chen WM. Aquabacterium fontiphilum sp. nov., isolated from spring water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:681-685.

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Record number: 787771