Name: Congregibacter variabilis Tak et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: va.ri.a’bi.lis. L. masc. adj. variabilis, changeable, variable, referring to the change of color of the colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wa-ri-A-bi-lis, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2023139; HNIBRBA4496; IMCC 43200; KCTC 8133; NBRC 116295

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OR673966 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Tak H, Park MS, Cho H, Lim Y, Cho JC. Congregibacter variabilis sp. nov. and Congregibacter brevis sp. nov. Within the OM60/NOR5 Clade, Isolated from Seawater, and Emended Description of the Genus Congregibacter. J Microbiol 2024; 62:739-748. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 223. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.16131 (N = 12).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-03.

Parent taxon: Congregibacter Spring et al. 2009

Assigned by: Tak H, Park MS, Cho H, Lim Y, Cho JC. Congregibacter variabilis sp. nov. and Congregibacter brevis sp. nov. Within the OM60/NOR5 Clade, Isolated from Seawater, and Emended Description of the Genus Congregibacter. J Microbiol 2024; 62:739-748. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 65748