Name: Cellulosimicrobium arenosum Oh et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.re.no’sum. L. neut. adj. arenosum, sandy, dwelling in marine sediment sand

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kel-lu-lo-si-mi-KRO-bi-um a-re-NO-sum, neuter

Type strain: CAU 1455; KCTC 49039; NBRC 113062

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16S rRNA gene: MG214548 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Oh M, Kim JH, Yoon JH, Schumann P, Kim W. Cellulosimicrobium arenosum sp. nov., Isolated from Marine Sediment Sand. Curr Microbiol 2018; 75:901-906. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 222. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6640.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-04-09.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Cellulosimicrobium Schumann et al. 2001

Assigned by: Oh M, Kim JH, Yoon JH, Schumann P, Kim W. Cellulosimicrobium arenosum sp. nov., Isolated from Marine Sediment Sand. Curr Microbiol 2018; 75:901-906. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 64698