Name: Edaphobaculum flavum Cao et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’vum. L. neut. adj. flavum, yellow, referring to the colour of the colonies

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 1-116; CCTCC AB 2017054; KCTC 52843

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16S rRNA gene: KY828215 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cao M, Huang J, Li J, Qiao Z, Wang G. Edaphobaculum flavum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of family Chitinophagaceae, isolated from grassland soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4475-4481.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Edaphobaculum Cao et al. 2017. Publication: Cao M, Huang J, Li J, Qiao Z, Wang G. Edaphobaculum flavum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of family Chitinophagaceae, isolated from grassland soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4475-4481.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Edaphobaculum Cao et al. 2017

Assigned by: Cao M, Huang J, Li J, Qiao Z, Wang G. Edaphobaculum flavum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of family Chitinophagaceae, isolated from grassland soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4475-4481.

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Record number: 796152