Name: Celeribacter indicus Lai et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.cus. L. masc. adj. indicus, Indian, referring to the Indian Ocean, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 27257; LMG 27600; MCCC 1A01112; P73

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU440950 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lai Q, Cao J, Yuan J, Li F, Shao Z. Celeribacter indicus sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium from deep-sea sediment and reclassification of Huaishuia halophila as Celeribacter halophilus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:4160-4167.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:739-740.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. — 🧍 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: Lai Q, Cao J, Yuan J, Li F, Shao Z. Celeribacter indicus sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium from deep-sea sediment and reclassification of Huaishuia halophila as Celeribacter halophilus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:4160-4167.

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