Name: Branchiibius hedensis Sugimoto et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: he.den’sis. N.L. masc. adj. hedensis, of or belonging to Heda, a town in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, from where the codfish providing the source of the type strain was collected

Pronunciation, gender: he-DEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 29717; DSM 22951; Mer 29717; NBRC 106121

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB520822 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sugimoto S, Kato T, Ito M, Sakata N, Tsuchida T, Matsumoto A, Takahashi Y. Branchiibius hedensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from a Japanese codling (Physiculus japonicus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1195-1200.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1765-1766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Branchiibius Sugimoto et al. 2011. Publication: Sugimoto S, Kato T, Ito M, Sakata N, Tsuchida T, Matsumoto A, Takahashi Y. Branchiibius hedensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from a Japanese codling (Physiculus japonicus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1195-1200.
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Branchiibius Sugimoto et al. 2011

Assigned by: Sugimoto S, Kato T, Ito M, Sakata N, Tsuchida T, Matsumoto A, Takahashi Y. Branchiibius hedensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from a Japanese codling (Physiculus japonicus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1195-1200.

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