Name: Cellulosimicrobium aquatile Sultanpuram et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.le. L. neut. adj. aquatile, living, growing or found in water, aquatic

Pronunciation, gender: a-KWA-ti-le, neuter

Type strain: 3bp; KCTC 39527; LMG 28646; MCC 2761

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN812019 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sultanpuram VR, Mothe T, Chintalapati S, Chintalapati VR. Cellulosimicrobium aquatile sp. nov., isolated from Panagal reservoir, Nalgonda, India. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:1357-1364.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 168. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1603-1606.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Cellulosimicrobium funkei Brown et al. 2006

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cellulosimicrobium funkei Brown et al. 2006	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Cellulosimicrobium funkei Brown et al. 2006. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
  • ❗ Cellulosimicrobium aquatile is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Cellulosimicrobium.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Cellulosimicrobium Schumann et al. 2001

Assigned by: Sultanpuram VR, Mothe T, Chintalapati S, Chintalapati VR. Cellulosimicrobium aquatile sp. nov., isolated from Panagal reservoir, Nalgonda, India. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:1357-1364.

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Record number: 793902