Name: Devosia geojensis Ryu et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ge.o.jen’sis N.L. masc./fem. adj. geojensis, pertaining to Geoje in Korea, the location of the soil sample from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BD-c194; DSM 19414; KCTC 22082

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF575560 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ryu SH, Chung BS, Le NT, Jang HH, Yun PY, Park W, Jeon CO. Devosia geojensis sp. nov., isolated from diesel-contaminated soil in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:633-636.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1273-1274.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • As of 2020-04-15 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

Parent taxon: Devosia Nakagawa et al. 1996

Assigned by: Ryu SH, Chung BS, Le NT, Jang HH, Yun PY, Park W, Jeon CO. Devosia geojensis sp. nov., isolated from diesel-contaminated soil in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:633-636.

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Record number: 787230