Name: Cellvibrio fontiphilus Chen et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fon.ti’phi.lus. L. masc. n. fons (gen. fontis), a spring, fountain; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. fontiphilus, loving spring-water environment

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC 80977; KCTC 52237; LMG 29557; MVW-40

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT223125 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen WM, Liu LP, Sheu SY. Cellvibrio fontiphilus sp. nov., isolated from a spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2532-2537.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.

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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Cellvibrio (ex Winogradsky 1929) Blackall et al. 1986

Assigned by: Chen WM, Liu LP, Sheu SY. Cellvibrio fontiphilus sp. nov., isolated from a spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2532-2537.

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Record number: 795703