Name: Curtobacterium ammoniigenes Aizawa et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: am.mo.ni.i’ge.nes. N.L. fem. n. ammonia, ammonia; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. neut. part. adj. ammoniigenes, ammonia-producing

Gender: neuter

Type strain: B 55; DSM 21577; JCM 14609; NBRC 101786; VTCC D6-11

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB266597 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Aizawa T, Ve NB, Kimoto K, Iwabuchi N, Sumida H, Hasegawa I, Sasaki S, Tamura T, Kudo T, Suzuki K, et al. Curtobacterium ammoniigenes sp. nov., an ammonia-producing bacterium isolated from plants inhabiting acidic swamps in actual acid sulfate soil areas of Vietnam. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1447-1452.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07789 (N = 49).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Curtobacterium Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Aizawa T, Ve NB, Kimoto K, Iwabuchi N, Sumida H, Hasegawa I, Sasaki S, Tamura T, Kudo T, Suzuki K, et al. Curtobacterium ammoniigenes sp. nov., an ammonia-producing bacterium isolated from plants inhabiting acidic swamps in actual acid sulfate soil areas of Vietnam. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1447-1452.

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Record number: 786484