Name: Bombella intestini Li et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.tes.ti’ni. L. gen. neut. n. intestini, of the gut

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 28636; LMG 28161; R-52487

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ584313 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li L, Praet J, Borremans W, Nunes OC, Manaia CM, Cleenwerck I, Meeus I, Smagghe G, De Vuyst L, Vandamme P. Bombella intestini gen. nov., sp. nov., an acetic acid bacterium isolated from bumble bee crop. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:267-273.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1112-1113.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Bombella Li et al. 2015. Publication: Li L, Praet J, Borremans W, Nunes OC, Manaia CM, Cleenwerck I, Meeus I, Smagghe G, De Vuyst L, Vandamme P. Bombella intestini gen. nov., sp. nov., an acetic acid bacterium isolated from bumble bee crop. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:267-273.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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: Bombella Li et al. 2015

Assigned by: Li L, Praet J, Borremans W, Nunes OC, Manaia CM, Cleenwerck I, Meeus I, Smagghe G, De Vuyst L, Vandamme P. Bombella intestini gen. nov., sp. nov., an acetic acid bacterium isolated from bumble bee crop. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:267-273.

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