Name: Aurantimonas altamirensis Jurado et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ta.mi.ren’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. altamirensis, referring to Altamira Cave (Cantabria, Spain), where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CECT 7138; DSM 21988; LMG 23375; S21B

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC066369 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jurado V, Gonzalez JM, Laiz L, Saiz-Jimenez C. Aurantimonas altamirensis sp. nov., a member of the order Rhizobiales isolated from Altamira Cave. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2583-2585.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aureimonas altamirensis (Jurado et al. 2006) Rathsack et al. 2011

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aureimonas altamirensis (Jurado et al. 2006) Rathsack et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Aurantimonas altamirensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Aurantimonas.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Aurantimonas Denner et al. 2003

Assigned by: Jurado V, Gonzalez JM, Laiz L, Saiz-Jimenez C. Aurantimonas altamirensis sp. nov., a member of the order Rhizobiales isolated from Altamira Cave. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2583-2585.

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