Name: Aquamicrobium terrae Wu et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of the earth, referring to the organism being isolated from soil

Pronunciation, gender: TER-ra͡e, neuter

Type strain: CICC 10733; DSM 27865; hun6

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC840671 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wu ZG, Wang F, Gu CG, Zhang YP, Yang ZZ, Wu XW, Jiang X. Aquamicrobium terrae sp. nov., isolated from the polluted soil near a chemical factory. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:1131-1137. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 160. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3603-3606.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Aquamicrobium Bambauer et al. 1998

Assigned by: Wu ZG, Wang F, Gu CG, Zhang YP, Yang ZZ, Wu XW, Jiang X. Aquamicrobium terrae sp. nov., isolated from the polluted soil near a chemical factory. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:1131-1137. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 792255