Name: Delftia deserti Li et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.ser’ti. L. gen. neut. n. deserti, of a desert

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … de-SER-ti, feminine

Type strain: JCM 30639; KCTC 42377; YIM Y792

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP300804 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Li CT, Yan ZF, Chu X, Hussain F, Xian WD, Yunus Z, Hozzein WN, Abaydulla G, Li WJ. Delftia deserti sp. nov., isolated from a desert soil sample. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:1445-1450. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 165. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2777-2783.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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.
  • 🧍 Misprinted as "Delftia desertisoli" in the publication. Publication: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Delftia Wen et al. 1999

Assigned by: Li CT, Yan ZF, Chu X, Hussain F, Xian WD, Yunus Z, Hozzein WN, Abaydulla G, Li WJ. Delftia deserti sp. nov., isolated from a desert soil sample. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:1445-1450. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 793255