Name: Celeribacter ethanolicus Jian et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.tha.no’li.cus. N.L. neut. n. ethanol, ethanol; L. adj. suff. -icus -a -um, suffix used with various meanings; N.L. masc. adj. ethanolicus, belonging to ethanol, referring to the substrate ethanol, which can be utilized

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ke-le-ri-BAK-ter e-t^ha-NO-li-kus, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.15406; JCM 31095; NH195

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT852989 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jian S-L, Wu, Y.-H., Maripatay, Tothy, D., Oren, A, Xu, -W X. Celeribacter ethanolicus sp. nov., isolated from seawater of the South China Sea. Microbiology China 2016; 43:907-916. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 171. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3761-3764.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 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: Celeribacter Ivanova et al. 2010

Assigned by: Jian S-L, Wu, Y.-H., Maripatay, Tothy, D., Oren, A, Xu, -W X. Celeribacter ethanolicus sp. nov., isolated from seawater of the South China Sea. Microbiology China 2016; 43:907-916. 🇨🇳

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