Name: Aquabacterium limnoticum Chen et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lim.no’ti.cum. Gr. fem. n. limnê, pool of standing water, lake; L. neut. adj. suff. -icum, suffix denoting made of or belonging to; N.L. neut. adj. limnoticum, from or belonging to a lake

Pronunciation, gender: lim-NO-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: ABP-4; BCRC 80167; DSM 26447; KCTC 23306

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16S rRNA gene: GU319965 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen WM, Cho NT, Yang SH, Arun AB, Young CC, Sheu SY. Aquabacterium limnoticum sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:698-704.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Aquabacterium Kalmbach et al. 1999

Assigned by: Chen WM, Cho NT, Yang SH, Arun AB, Young CC, Sheu SY. Aquabacterium limnoticum sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:698-704.

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