Name: Curvibacter fontanus corrig. Ding and Yokota 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fon.ta’nus. L. masc. adj. fontanus, of or from a spring or fountain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AQ9; CCTCC AB 206021; CCUG 49444; IAM 15072; JCM 21533

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB120963 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ding L, Yokota A. Curvibacter fontana sp. nov., a microaerobic bacteria isolated from well water. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2010; 56:267-271.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 136. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2509-2510.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Curvibacter fontana Ding and Yokota 2010	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 Name has been corrected on validation. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 136. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2509-2510.
  • 🧍 The accession number JCM 21533 has been provided at the time of request for valid publication of the name. — 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, fontana (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 136. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2509-2510.

Parent taxon: Curvibacter Ding and Yokota 2004

Assigned by: Ding L, Yokota A. Curvibacter fontana sp. nov., a microaerobic bacteria isolated from well water. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2010; 56:267-271.

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