Name: Cellulosimicrobium terreum Yoon et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter’re.um. L. neut. adj. terreum, of the earth

Pronunciation, gender: TER-re-um, neuter

Type strain: DS-61; DSM 18665; JCM 15619; KCTC 19206

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16S rRNA gene: EF076760 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Schumann P, Oh TK. Cellulosimicrobium terreum sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2493-2497.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:313-314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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: Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Schumann P, Oh TK. Cellulosimicrobium terreum sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2493-2497.

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Record number: 786892