Species Atlantibacter subterranea

Name: Atlantibacter subterranea (Shelobolina et al. 2005) Hata et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Salmonella subterranea Shelobolina et al. 2005

Etymology: sub.ter.ra’ne.a. L. fem. adj. subterranea, underground, subterranean (sic)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-tlan-ti-BAK-ter sub-ter-RA-ne-a, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-836; CIP 109002; DSM 16208; FRCl

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY373829 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hata H, Natori T, Mizuno T, Kanazawa I, Eldesouky I, Hayashi M, Miyata M, Fukunaga H, Ohji S, Hosoyama A, et al. Phylogenetics of family Enterobacteriaceae and proposal to reclassify Escherichia hermannii and Salmonella subterranea as Atlantibacter hermannii and Atlantibacter subterranea gen. nov., comb. nov. Microbiol Immunol 2016; 60:303-311. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 221. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6562.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Atlantibacter subterraneus corrig. (Shelobolina et al. 2005) Hata et al. 2025

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Salmonella subterranea Shelobolina et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Atlantibacter subterraneus corrig. (Shelobolina et al. 2005) Hata et al. 2025	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Salmonella subterranea Shelobolina et al. 2005, which has a risk group (Swiss Confederation) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-02-10.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Atlantibacter Hata et al. 2025

Assigned by: Hata H, Natori T, Mizuno T, Kanazawa I, Eldesouky I, Hayashi M, Miyata M, Fukunaga H, Ohji S, Hosoyama A, et al. Phylogenetics of family Enterobacteriaceae and proposal to reclassify Escherichia hermannii and Salmonella subterranea as Atlantibacter hermannii and Atlantibacter subterranea gen. nov., comb. nov. Microbiol Immunol 2016; 60:303-311. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 4380