Name: Buchnera aphidicola Munson et al. 1991

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.phi.di’co.la. N.L. neut. n. aphidum, an aphid; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. aphidicola, aphid dweller (eof the aphid Schizaphis graminum)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-p^hi-DI-ko-la, feminine

Type strain: primary endosymbiont of Schizaphis graminum; (Schizaphis graminum); the primary endosymbiont found in the mycetocytes of Schizaphis graminum is designated the type strain

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M63246 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Munson MA, Baumann P, Kinsey MG. Buchnera gen. nov. and Buchnera aphidicola sp. nov., a taxon consisting of the mycetocyte-associated, primary endosymbionts of aphids. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:566-568. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:192.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Buchnera Munson et al. 1991. Publication: Munson MA, Baumann P, Kinsey MG. Buchnera gen. nov. and Buchnera aphidicola sp. nov., a taxon consisting of the mycetocyte-associated, primary endosymbionts of aphids. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:566-568. 🇺🇸
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 290 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Yarza et al. (2013), an "un-sequenced orphan species where descriptions, illustrations or dead preserved material serve as the type.". Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Buchnera Munson et al. 1991

Assigned by: Munson MA, Baumann P, Kinsey MG. Buchnera gen. nov. and Buchnera aphidicola sp. nov., a taxon consisting of the mycetocyte-associated, primary endosymbionts of aphids. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:566-568. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 783569