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

Gender: 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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