Name: Compostibacter hankyongensis Siddiqi et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: han.kyong.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. hankyongensis, pertaining to Hankyong National University Republic of Korea, where taxonomic studies of this taxon were performed

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BS27; JCM 17664; KACC 18745

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16S rRNA gene: JF806525 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Siddiqi MZ, Muhammad Shafi S, Choi KD, Im WT. Compostibacter hankyongensis gen. nov.,  sp. nov., isolated from compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3681-3687.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4921-4923.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Compostibacter Siddiqi et al. 2016. Publication: Siddiqi MZ, Muhammad Shafi S, Choi KD, Im WT. Compostibacter hankyongensis gen. nov.,  sp. nov., isolated from compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3681-3687.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Compostibacter Siddiqi et al. 2016

Assigned by: Siddiqi MZ, Muhammad Shafi S, Choi KD, Im WT. Compostibacter hankyongensis gen. nov.,  sp. nov., isolated from compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3681-3687.

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Record number: 794566