Name: Beijerinckia mobilis Derx 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo’bi.lis. L. fem. adj. mobilis, movable, motile

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: be͡i-je-RINK-ki-a MO-bi-lis, feminine

Type strain: ACM 1969; ATCC 35011; DSM 2326; LMG 3912; NCCB 50027; UQM 1969

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB119200 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Derx HG. Further researches on Beijerinckia. Bogoriensis 1950; 1:1-12.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 7 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Beijerinckia Derx 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Derx HG. Further researches on Beijerinckia. Bogoriensis 1950; 1:1-12.

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