Name: Empedobacter stercoris Schauss et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ster’co.ris. L. gen. neut. n. stercoris, of faeces

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 990B6_12ER2A; CIP 110833; LMG 28501

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16S rRNA gene: KP119859 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schauss T, Busse HJ, Golke J, Kampfer P, Glaeser SP. Empedobacter stercoris sp. nov., isolated from an input sample of a biogas plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3746-3753.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Empedobacter (ex Prévot 1961) Vandamme et al. 1994

Assigned by: Schauss T, Busse HJ, Golke J, Kampfer P, Glaeser SP. Empedobacter stercoris sp. nov., isolated from an input sample of a biogas plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3746-3753.

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Record number: 793328