Name: Devriesea agamarum Martel et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ag.a.mar’um. N.L. fem. n. Agama, an Old World reptile genus of Sauria; N.L. gen. fem. pl. n. agamarum, of lizards of the genus Agama, of agamid lizards

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 55056; DSM 22407; IMP2; JCM 16028; LMG 24257

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU009865 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Martel A, Pasmans F, Hellebuyck T, Haesebrouck F, Vandamme P. Devriesea agamarum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium associated with dermatitis and septicaemia in agamid lizards. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2206-2209.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2675-2676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Devriesea Martel et al. 2008. Publication: Martel A, Pasmans F, Hellebuyck T, Haesebrouck F, Vandamme P. Devriesea agamarum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium associated with dermatitis and septicaemia in agamid lizards. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2206-2209.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 17 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Devriesea Martel et al. 2008

Assigned by: Martel A, Pasmans F, Hellebuyck T, Haesebrouck F, Vandamme P. Devriesea agamarum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium associated with dermatitis and septicaemia in agamid lizards. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2206-2209.

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Record number: 787519