Species Collimonas fungivorans

Name: Collimonas fungivorans De Boer et al. 2004

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: fun.gi’vo.rans. L. masc. n. fungus, mould, mushroom, fungus; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, eating; N.L. fem. part. adj. fungivorans, fungus-eating

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kol-LI-mo-nas fun-GI-wo-rans, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 48868; DSM 17622; LMG 21973; NCCB 100033; Ter6

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16S rRNA gene: AJ310394 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: de Boer W, Leveau JH, Kowalchuk GA, Klein Gunnewiek PJ, Abeln EC, Figge MJ, Sjollema K, Janse JD, van Veen JA. Collimonas fungivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitinolytic soil bacterium with the ability to grow on living fungal hyphae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:857-864. 🇳🇱

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Collimonas De Boer et al. 2004. Publication: de Boer W, Leveau JH, Kowalchuk GA, Klein Gunnewiek PJ, Abeln EC, Figge MJ, Sjollema K, Janse JD, van Veen JA. Collimonas fungivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitinolytic soil bacterium with the ability to grow on living fungal hyphae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:857-864. 🇳🇱
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 20 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Collimonas De Boer et al. 2004

Assigned by: de Boer W, Leveau JH, Kowalchuk GA, Klein Gunnewiek PJ, Abeln EC, Figge MJ, Sjollema K, Janse JD, van Veen JA. Collimonas fungivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a chitinolytic soil bacterium with the ability to grow on living fungal hyphae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:857-864. 🇳🇱

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