Name: Asprobacter aquaticus Jin et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. aquaticus, living, growing or found in or by water, aquatic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-KWA-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: DRW22-8; JCM 30469; KCTC 42356

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16S rRNA gene: KF056993 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jin L, Ko SR, Lee CS, Ahn CY, Oh HM, Lee HG. Asprobacter aquaticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a prosthecate alphaproteobacterium isolated from fresh water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4443-4448. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Asprobacter Jin et al. 2017. Publication: Jin L, Ko SR, Lee CS, Ahn CY, Oh HM, Lee HG. Asprobacter aquaticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a prosthecate alphaproteobacterium isolated from fresh water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4443-4448. 🇰🇷
  • 😷 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: Asprobacter Jin et al. 2017

Assigned by: Jin L, Ko SR, Lee CS, Ahn CY, Oh HM, Lee HG. Asprobacter aquaticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a prosthecate alphaproteobacterium isolated from fresh water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4443-4448. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 796135