Name: Dyadobacter tibetensis Shen et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ti.be.ten’sis. N.L. masc. adj. tibetensis, of or belonging to Tibet, referring to the isolation of the type strain from the Tibetan Plateau

Pronunciation, gender: ti-be-TEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.12215; JCM 18589; Y620-1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ824420 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shen L, Liu Y, Yao T, Wang N, Xu B, Jiao N, Liu H, Zhou Y, Liu X, Wang Y. Dyadobacter tibetensis sp. nov., isolated from glacial ice core. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3636-3639.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:6-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 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:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 3 times 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 the species itself.

Parent taxon: Dyadobacter Chelius and Triplett 2000

Assigned by: Shen L, Liu Y, Yao T, Wang N, Xu B, Jiao N, Liu H, Zhou Y, Liu X, Wang Y. Dyadobacter tibetensis sp. nov., isolated from glacial ice core. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3636-3639.

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