Name: Dokdonella immobilis Liu et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: im.mo’bi.lis. L. fem. adj. immobilis, non-motile, pertaining to the non-motility of the type strain

Pronunciation, gender: im-MO-bi-lis, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.7659; JCM 15763; LM 2-5

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ455531 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu Y, Jin JH, Liu HC, Liu ZP. Dokdonella immobilis sp. nov., isolated from a batch reactor for the treatment of triphenylmethane dye effluent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1557-1561.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2368-2370.

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. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Dokdonella Yoon et al. 2006

Assigned by: Liu Y, Jin JH, Liu HC, Liu ZP. Dokdonella immobilis sp. nov., isolated from a batch reactor for the treatment of triphenylmethane dye effluent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1557-1561.

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Record number: 790686