Name: Confluentimicrobium lipolyticum Park et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.po.ly’ti.cum. Gr. neut. n. lipos, fat; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, -a,-um; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. lipolyticum, fat dissolving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CECT 8621; KCTC 42136; SSK1-4

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16S rRNA gene: KJ889015 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Park S, Park JM, Kang CH, Yoon JH. Confluentimicrobium lipolyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel lipolytic alphaproteobacterium isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater spring, and emended description of Actibacterium mucosum Lucena et al. 2012. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:969-977.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 163. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1105-1111.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Actibacterium lipolyticum (Park et al. 2015) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actibacterium lipolyticum (Park et al. 2015) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Confluentimicrobium Park et al. 2015. Publication: Park S, Park JM, Kang CH, Yoon JH. Confluentimicrobium lipolyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel lipolytic alphaproteobacterium isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater spring, and emended description of Actibacterium mucosum Lucena et al. 2012. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:969-977.
  • ❗ Confluentimicrobium lipolyticum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Confluentimicrobium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Confluentimicrobium Park et al. 2015

Assigned by: Park S, Park JM, Kang CH, Yoon JH. Confluentimicrobium lipolyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel lipolytic alphaproteobacterium isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater spring, and emended description of Actibacterium mucosum Lucena et al. 2012. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:969-977.

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Record number: 792749