Name: Castellaniella fermenti Lin et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.men’ti. L. gen. neut. n. fermenti, of a fermentation process

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … fer-MEN-ti, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 81023; CC-YTH191; JCM 31755

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KX988314 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lin SY, Hameed A, Hsieh YT, Hsu YH, Lai WA, Young CC. Castellaniella fermenti sp. nov., isolated from a fermented meal. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:52-57. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 1 time 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.

Parent taxon: Castellaniella Kämpfer et al. 2006

Assigned by: Lin SY, Hameed A, Hsieh YT, Hsu YH, Lai WA, Young CC. Castellaniella fermenti sp. nov., isolated from a fermented meal. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:52-57. 🇹🇼

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