Species Curtobacterium phyllosphaerae

Name: Curtobacterium phyllosphaerae Yang et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: phyl.lo.sphae’rae. Gr. neut. n. phyllon, leaf; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, ball, sphere; N.L. gen. fem. n. phyllosphaerae, of the phyllosphere

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kur-to-bak-TE-ri-um p^hyl-lo-SP^HA͡E-ra͡e, neuter

Type strain: GDMCC 1.2671; JCM 34831; RRHDQ10

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: PV414061 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yang S, Li J, Rong X, Chen Q, Lu X, Zhang J, Deng MR, Zhu H, Feng GD. Curtobacterium phyllosphaerae sp. nov. and Curtobacterium guangdongense sp. nov., isolated from the citrus phyllosphere. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6870. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6926.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09283 (N = 43).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-08-13.
  • 🙆 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.

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

Assigned by: Yang S, Li J, Rong X, Chen Q, Lu X, Zhang J, Deng MR, Zhu H, Feng GD. Curtobacterium phyllosphaerae sp. nov. and Curtobacterium guangdongense sp. nov., isolated from the citrus phyllosphere. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6870. 🇨🇳

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