Name: Blastomonas fulva Lee et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ful’va. L. fem. adj. fulva, tawny, yellowish brown, the colour of the colonies

Pronunciation, gender: FUL-wa, feminine

Type strain: JCM 30467; KCTC 42354; T2

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KM670031 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee HG, Ko SR, Lee JW, Lee CS, Ahn CY, Oh HM, Jin L. Blastomonas fulva sp. nov., aerobic photosynthetic bacteria isolated from a Microcystis culture. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3071-3076.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.19802 (N = 7).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Blastomonas Sly and Cahill 1997

Assigned by: Lee HG, Ko SR, Lee JW, Lee CS, Ahn CY, Oh HM, Jin L. Blastomonas fulva sp. nov., aerobic photosynthetic bacteria isolated from a Microcystis culture. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3071-3076.

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Record number: 795721