Name: Azonexus hydrophilus Chou et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.dro’phi.lus. Gr. neut. n. hydôr, water (or hydor); Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. hydrophilus, water-loving, referring to its source of isolation

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC 17657; d8-1; DSM 23864; LMG 24005

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF158390 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chou JH, Jiang SR, Cho JC, Song J, Lin MC, Chen WM. Azonexus hydrophilus sp. nov., a nifH gene-harbouring bacterium isolated from freshwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:946-951.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1513-1514.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08183 (N = 1).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Azonexus Reinhold-Hurek and Hurek 2000

Assigned by: Chou JH, Jiang SR, Cho JC, Song J, Lin MC, Chen WM. Azonexus hydrophilus sp. nov., a nifH gene-harbouring bacterium isolated from freshwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:946-951.

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