Name: Delftia litopenaei Chen et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to.pen.ae’i. N.L. masc. n. Litopenaeus, the scientific name of a genus of penaeid shrimp; N.L. gen. masc. n. litopenaei, of Litopenaeus, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a shrimp belonging to the genus Litopenaeus

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BCRC 80212; DSM 27241; LMG 25724; wsw-7

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: GU721027 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen WM, Lin YS, Sheu DS, Sheu SY. Delftia litopenaei sp. nov., a poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate-accumulating bacterium isolated from a freshwater shrimp culture pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2315-2321.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:6-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Delftia Wen et al. 1999

Assigned by: Chen WM, Lin YS, Sheu DS, Sheu SY. Delftia litopenaei sp. nov., a poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate-accumulating bacterium isolated from a freshwater shrimp culture pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2315-2321.

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Record number: 790223