Name: Entomobacter blattae Guzman et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: blat’tae. L. gen. fem. n. blattae, of a cockroach, referring to the insect from which the organism was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: BLAT-ta͡e, masculine

Type strain: DSM 111244; G55GP; LMG 31394

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16S rRNA gene: MT879664 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Guzman J, Sombolestani AS, Poehlein A, Daniel R, Cleenwerck I, Vandamme P, Vilcinskas A. Entomobacter blattae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the Acetobacteraceae isolated from the gut of the cockroach Gromphadorhina portentosa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4812.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Entomobacter Guzman et al. 2021. Publication: Guzman J, Sombolestani AS, Poehlein A, Daniel R, Cleenwerck I, Vandamme P, Vilcinskas A. Entomobacter blattae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the Acetobacteraceae isolated from the gut of the cockroach Gromphadorhina portentosa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Entomobacter Guzman et al. 2021

Assigned by: Guzman J, Sombolestani AS, Poehlein A, Daniel R, Cleenwerck I, Vandamme P, Vilcinskas A. Entomobacter blattae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the Acetobacteraceae isolated from the gut of the cockroach Gromphadorhina portentosa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 71:0.

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Record number: 17746