Name: Bombella apis Yun et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a’pis. L. gen. fem. n. apis, of/from a honey bee, the genus name of the honey bee Apis mellifera

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … A-pis, feminine

Type strain: JCM 31623; KCTC 52452; MRM 1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU534110 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yun JH, Lee JY, Hyun DW, Jung MJ, Bae JW. Bombella apis sp. nov., an acetic acid bacterium isolated from the midgut of a honey bee. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2184-2188. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3689-3691.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Parasaccharibacter apium" Corby-Harris et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Yun et al. (2017), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Parasaccharibacter apium" Corby-Harris et al. 2014. Publication: Yun JH, Lee JY, Hyun DW, Jung MJ, Bae JW. Bombella apis sp. nov., an acetic acid bacterium isolated from the midgut of a honey bee. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2184-2188. 🇰🇷
  • 😢 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. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. 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. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 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 16 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Bombella Li et al. 2015

Assigned by: Yun JH, Lee JY, Hyun DW, Jung MJ, Bae JW. Bombella apis sp. nov., an acetic acid bacterium isolated from the midgut of a honey bee. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2184-2188. 🇰🇷

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