Species Blastococcus xanthinilyticus

Name: Blastococcus xanthinilyticus Hezbri et al. 2018

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: xan.thi.ni.ly’ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. xanthinum, xanthine; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. xanthinilyticus, hydrolysing xanthine

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: blas-to-KOK-kus xan-t^hi-ni-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: BMG 862; CECT 8884; DSM 46842

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN626275 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hezbri K, Nouioui I, Rohde M, Sproer C, Schumann P, Gtari M, Klenk HP, Montero-Calasanz MDC, Ghodhbane-Gtari F. Blastococcus xanthinilyticus sp. nov., isolated from monument. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1177-1183. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2134-2136.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Montero-Calasanz et al. 2022 Montero-Calasanz MDC, Yaramis A, Rohde M, Schumann P, Klenk HP, Meier-Kolthoff JP. Genotype-phenotype correlations within the Geodermatophilaceae. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:975365. 🇪🇸 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 38. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5923.
  • Montero-Calasanz et al. 2023 Montero-Calasanz MDC, Yaramis A, Rohde M, Schumann P, Klenk HP, Meier-Kolthoff JP. Corrigendum: Genotype-phenotype correlations within the Geodermatophilaceae. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1100319. 🇪🇸
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2023-01-25 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06240 (N = 2).
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 Type strain is designated in the abstract but not in the species description. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.

Parent taxon: Blastococcus Ahrens and Moll 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hezbri K, Nouioui I, Rohde M, Sproer C, Schumann P, Gtari M, Klenk HP, Montero-Calasanz MDC, Ghodhbane-Gtari F. Blastococcus xanthinilyticus sp. nov., isolated from monument. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1177-1183. 🇬🇧

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