Name: Carnobacterium inhibens Jöborn et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in’hi.bens. L. neut. part. adj. inhibens, inhibiting; from L. v. inhibeo, to inhibit, referring to the growth-inhibitory activity that the bacterium shows

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … IN-hi-bens, neuter

Type strain: CCUG 31728; CIP 106863; DSM 13024; JCM 16168; K1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z73313 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Joborn A, Dorsch M, Olsson JC, Westerdahl A, Kjelleberg S. Carnobacterium inhibens sp. nov., isolated from the intestine of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1891-1898. 🇸🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nicholson et al. 2015 Nicholson WL, Zhalnina K, de Oliveira RR, Triplett EW. Proposal to rename Carnobacterium inhibens as Carnobacterium inhibens subsp. inhibens subsp. nov. and description of Carnobacterium inhibens subsp. gilichinskyi subsp. nov., a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from Siberian permafrost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:556-561. 🇺🇸 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1397-1399.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06760 (N = 2).
  • 😷 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 9 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 risk group of other species in the genus.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Carnobacterium inhibens subsp. gilichinskyi Nicholson et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Carnobacterium inhibens subsp. inhibens (Jöborn et al. 1999) Nicholson et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Carnobacterium Collins et al. 1987

Assigned by: Joborn A, Dorsch M, Olsson JC, Westerdahl A, Kjelleberg S. Carnobacterium inhibens sp. nov., isolated from the intestine of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1891-1898. 🇸🇪

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