Name: Aquabacterium humicola Lee et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hu.mi’co.la. L. fem. n. humus, soil; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabiting; N.L. masc./fem. n. humicola, an inhabitant of soil (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-kwa-bak-TE-ri-um hu-MI-ko-la, neuter

Type strain: KCTC 92105; NBRC 115831; RJY3

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16S rRNA gene: OK602686 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee H, Chaudhary DK, Lee KE, Cha IT, Chi WJ, Kim DU. Microbacterium humicola sp. nov., Microbacterium terrisoli sp. nov., Paenibacillus pedocola sp. nov., Paenibacillus silviterrae sp. nov., Flavobacterium terrisoli sp. nov., and Aquabacterium humicola sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6486. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6534.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-08-26.

Parent taxon: Aquabacterium Kalmbach et al. 1999

Assigned by: Lee H, Chaudhary DK, Lee KE, Cha IT, Chi WJ, Kim DU. Microbacterium humicola sp. nov., Microbacterium terrisoli sp. nov., Paenibacillus pedocola sp. nov., Paenibacillus silviterrae sp. nov., Flavobacterium terrisoli sp. nov., and Aquabacterium humicola sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6486. 🇰🇷

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