Name: Cruoricaptor ignavus Yassin et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ig.na’vus. L. masc. adj. ignavus, inactive

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 62025; DSM 25479; IMMIB L-12475

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MH789414 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yassin AF, Inglis TJ, Hupfer H, Siering C, Schumann P, Busse HJ, Aravena-Roman M. Cruoricaptor ignavus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from blood culture of a man with bacteraemia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:421-426.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 149. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Cruoricaptor Yassin et al. 2013. Publication: Yassin AF, Inglis TJ, Hupfer H, Siering C, Schumann P, Busse HJ, Aravena-Roman M. Cruoricaptor ignavus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from blood culture of a man with bacteraemia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:421-426.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Cruoricaptor Yassin et al. 2013

Assigned by: Yassin AF, Inglis TJ, Hupfer H, Siering C, Schumann P, Busse HJ, Aravena-Roman M. Cruoricaptor ignavus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from blood culture of a man with bacteraemia. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:421-426.

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