Name: Cellulosimicrobium funkei Brown et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fun’ke.i N.L. gen. masc. n. funkei, of Funke, to honour the contributions of Guido Funke, a distinguished microbiologist, who recognized the heterogeneity within the yellow-pigmented coryneform bacteria

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-886; CCUG 50705; DSM 16025; JCM 14302; W6122

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY501364 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Brown JM, Steigerwalt AG, Morey RE, Daneshvar MI, Romero LJ, McNeil MM. Characterization of clinical isolates previously identified as Oerskovia turbata: proposal of Cellulosimicrobium funkei sp. nov. and emended description of the genus Cellulosimicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:801-804.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1461-1462.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cellulosimicrobium aquatile Sultanpuram et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Cellulosimicrobium aquatile Sultanpuram et al. 2016. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, García-López L, Meier-Kolthoff JP, et al. Genome-based taxonomic classication of the phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2007; 2018:9.
  • 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.
  • The type strain of Cellulosimicrobium funkei Brown et al. 2006 was previously identified as a strain of Oerskovia turbata (Erikson 1954) Prauser et al. 1970. Publication: Prauser H, Lechevalier MP, Lechevalier H. Description of Oerskovia gen. n. to harbor Orskov's motile nocardia. Appl Microbiol 1970; 19:534.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".

Parent taxon: Cellulosimicrobium Schumann et al. 2001

Assigned by: Brown JM, Steigerwalt AG, Morey RE, Daneshvar MI, Romero LJ, McNeil MM. Characterization of clinical isolates previously identified as Oerskovia turbata: proposal of Cellulosimicrobium funkei sp. nov. and emended description of the genus Cellulosimicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:801-804.

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