Name: Biformimicrobium ophioploci Kawano et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.phi.o.plo’ci. N.L. gen. masc. n. ophioploci, of the brittlestar Ophioplocus japonicus

Gender: neuter

Type strain: JCM 36221; KCTC 8063; NKW57

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16S rRNA gene: OQ678879 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kawano K, Awano T, Yoshinaga A, Sugiyama J, Sawayama S, Nakagawa S. Paralimibaculum aggregatum gen. nov. sp. nov. and Biformimicrobium ophioploci gen. nov. sp. nov., two novel heterotrophs from brittle star Ophioplocus japonicus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6530. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6556.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Biformimicrobium Kawano et al. 2024. Publication: Kawano K, Awano T, Yoshinaga A, Sugiyama J, Sawayama S, Nakagawa S. Paralimibaculum aggregatum gen. nov. sp. nov. and Biformimicrobium ophioploci gen. nov. sp. nov., two novel heterotrophs from brittle star Ophioplocus japonicus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6530. 🇯🇵
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-10-14.

Parent taxon: Biformimicrobium Kawano et al. 2024

Assigned by: Kawano K, Awano T, Yoshinaga A, Sugiyama J, Sawayama S, Nakagawa S. Paralimibaculum aggregatum gen. nov. sp. nov. and Biformimicrobium ophioploci gen. nov. sp. nov., two novel heterotrophs from brittle star Ophioplocus japonicus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6530. 🇯🇵

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